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KentZhou
KentZhou

Reputation: 25583

Where to find out Device Panel in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 8?

1.Install VS 2012 Ultimate on Windows 8, then start VS 2012, but can not find Device Panel from VS2012 View Menu. Only 3 options for debug for windows store app:

Simulator  
Local Machine  
Remote Machine

Device Panel mentioned here.

2.If debugging windows store app with Simulator, run the app, then try to stop the debug app with Alt+F4, the app running in simulator won't closed, if switching to VS 2021 with Alt+Tab to stop the debugger, VS 2012 will be frozen and crash finally.

Not sure where wrong. how to fix it? where to find out Device Panel, is it same as Simulator?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5545

Answers (5)

Burt
Burt

Reputation: 1

In Visual Studio Community 2017...

To see the 'Device' panel (aka Device window) I'm pretty sure you need 3 things:

  1. Install module 'Universal Windows Platform Development'
  2. Have a UWP project open
  3. Have a max target of Windows 10 that is less than 10.0.16299.0

That is how I interpret what this page is saying:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/designers/creating-a-ui-by-using-xaml-designer-in-visual-studio?view=vs-2017

Upvotes: 0

Vishnu Prasanth
Vishnu Prasanth

Reputation: 179

  • The "DESIGN" tab only appears when a XAML Page is opened.

Upvotes: 0

SaravanaKumar
SaravanaKumar

Reputation: 757

From the Design Tab You will Find the Device Window

Upvotes: 0

André Alberto
André Alberto

Reputation: 210

In the Menu Bar. Select "Design" and click on "Device Windows".

Upvotes: 20

Mayank
Mayank

Reputation: 8852

Device Panel is not same as Simulator, it is a quick tool to change design surface to match screen resolutions, device state's etc., and that's about it.

here is the device panel

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and it appears on

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Upvotes: 6

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