Controls on Form Not Shown in Designer

Question

I am working on a WinForms project, and I have a form where I have a DataGrid, a TextBox, and 2 button controls (btnNew and btnSearch). The click event of a btnSearch is supposed to perform a search on the DataGrid.

I deleted the event handler for the search button and have saved my work. It now appears that all other controls have been deleted and the form is back to the default state. The application works fine though when run, with some errors. I have resolved the error but the designer view is still in the default state. How do I go about reinstating my form's design view?

Answer 1

i had your problem and solved it in this way:

just make another form with another name(NewForm.cs) and copy the InitializeComponent() content from YourFirstForm.designer.cs and paste it into NewForm.designer.cs InitializeComponent() function. but be careful when copy and paste the function content change all YourFirstForm keywords to NewForm . finally Remove YourFirstForm and just work with your NewForm....

Answer 2

With the control selected in the properties window.

1. Right click on an empty space on the form,
2. Click cut
3. Right click / then paste into a cell somewhere in a form control.