Real-time web previews powered by Web Live Preview
Microsoft announced that ASP.NET, when used with old frameworks, including web form applications, will continue to support old .NET Framework versions. Following that, Visual Studio 2022 has introduced a designer for Web Forms projects that are powered by Web Live Preview. In this section, we will explore how to utilize the new Web Forms designer along with additional features offered by Web Live Preview. This feature is specifically tailored for teams handling legacy projects.
As this feature is currently dedicated only to Web Forms in .NET Framework, if you are using MVC and .NET Core, there is no forms designer available. To stay up to date with the latest web standards and browser support, Web Live Preview in Visual Studio uses WebView2, which is powered by Microsoft Edge.
To illustrate our examples, we will create a project using ASP.NET (.NET Framework).
If we open the default.aspx
file or any other .aspx
file, we’...