Live-share: [VS] Support co-designing with the Windows Form designer

[scottbeebiwan]

Product and Version [VS/VSCode]: VS (Both)
OS Version [macOS/Windows]: Windows (Both)
Live Share Extension Version:
Target Platform or Language [e.g. Node.js]: C# Windows Forms

Steps to Reproduce / Scenario:

1. Join a session on a C# WinForms project.
2. Double click on a Form .cs.
   This should open the Designer in a normal solution, but it does not.

[lostintangent]

@scottbeebiwan Thanks for reaching out! We don’t currently support any of the Visual Studio designers on the guest-side, though this is a key part of us fully optimizing the collaboration experience for certain app types.

We’re already tracking #253, but that’s referring to the XAML designer, so we can use this issue to track the request to support the Windows Forms designer. Thanks!

[mariusiacob1]

Yes, I currently have the same problem. The code is due in a week or so and I cannot open the design page to edit the GUI. Please help. Thanks

[LiamPM5]

Does anyone know the current status of the implementation of this feature?

[Yakov5776]

I agree, this would be really useful for my development team and I'd love to see this work for winform designer in liveshare

[lostintangent]

This item is still on our backlog, but we don't currently have any new details/timelines yet. Thanks for the continued feedback!