In this preview version of the designer, we’ve improved reliability and enhanced performance, fixed many bugs, and added the following features:
Selecting the Enable link takes you to the same place in Tools > Options > Environment > Preview Features where you can enable the Windows Forms. If you haven’t enabled the Windows Forms designer, you might notice a yellow bar in the upper part of your Visual Studio Preview suggesting you to enable it: Go to Tools > Options > Environment > Preview Features and select the Use the preview Windows Forms designer for. NET Core Windows Forms designer from a separate VSIX is no longer needed! The big news is that the designer is now part of Visual Studio! This means that installing the. NET Core Windows Forms designer, which is available with the Visual Studio 16.5 Preview 1. We are happy to announce the new preview version of the.