Visual Studio 2022 winform 设计器不在任何控件的属性 window 中显示 ApplicationSettings

Question

In VS 2022 I create a new winform (.net 6.0) project. I put one textbox on the form. In the properties window, at the top, I'm used to seeing an item "ApplicationSettings" where I can bind the TEXT property of the textbox to an application setting. But I no longer see the line for "ApplicationSettings". If I open an older winform project it works as expected.

Answer 1

The feature is (still) not available for WinForms .NET 6 but if you create a WinForms .NET framework project, it's available.

As a workaround, you can create the Application Settings yourself and add a user-scoped property like Property1 , then setup a databinding in code, like this:

this.textBox1.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", 
    Properties.Settings.Default, "Property1", true,
    DataSourceUpdateMode.OnPropertyChanged));
        

Answer 2

This worked for me, for the Visual Studio Community Version:

1. Closed the entire Project/Solution in Visual Studio.
2. Reloading the.sln file in Visual Studio IDE along with the Dependencies.
3. Double Clicking the (on the highlighted part) opened the Form in the Design format.

Hope this helps!