Any alternatives to editing xaml files in visual studio?

Question

Editing xaml files in visual studio is very slow and cumbersome. I was wondering if any of you use alternatives to editing xaml files?

Ive already tried all the ways to improve xaml eiditing like "Open document in full xaml view" etc..but it is still painfullly slow. It takes on an averagee around 15 seconds to save.

Sometimes I use regular text editor to edit files but it doesent have intellisense tho. Anyone know of a good free alternatives that also have intellisense? Thanks.

Answer 1

Now there is FAML Designer for Visual Studio.

Answer 2

There are quite a number of them available. I haven't tried it as I use VS2010 and I don't think they would be a replacement for VS as VS has a lot of features that others don't. You can give a try to the following:

XAML Editor (by Lary Bell)

XAML PadX (extended)

XAML Hack

KaXaml

Answer 3

Yep! I use the Expression Blend from the Microsoft Expression Studio!

Video: Understanding and Working with XAML Code in Expression Blend 5

Answer 4

XamlPad. Free, lightweight and provides live preview.

Answer 5

Use notepad, notepad++, or whatever text editor you like. It's just a markup!

Kaxaml another interesting editor you may want to use.

But if you have a VisualStudio/Blend, use them, cause in latest version, if I'm not mistaken, the refactoring should be also work on it.