


View toolsĪdjust the view of the artboard, such as for panning and zooming. Use the Direct Selection tool to select nested objects and path segments. To access these variations, right-click or click and hold on the tool. Some of the tools in the Tools panel have variations, for example, instead of a rectangle, you can choose an ellipse or a line. You create the objects by selecting a tool and drawing on the artboard with your mouse. The Tools panel appears on the left-hand side of the XAML designer when you have a. You can use the Tools panel in Blend for Visual Studio to create and modify objects in your application. If you're new to Blend for Visual Studio, take a moment to become familiar with the unique features of the workspace. Both of these workloads include the Blend for Visual Studio component. To install Blend, in the Visual Studio Installer choose either the Universal Windows Platform development or. For a comparison between Blend and Visual Studio, see Design XAML in Visual Studio and Blend for Visual Studio.īlend for Visual Studio is a component of Visual Studio. It provides the same basic XAML design experience as Visual Studio and adds visual designers for advanced tasks such as animations and behaviors.

Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac Visual Studio Codeīlend for Visual Studio helps you design XAML-based Windows and Web applications.
