>>Select SwapPanes, then ColapsePanes in the IDE. wala XAML only view with intelisence. <g>
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>Hmmm... you mean the little icon to maximize the XAML editor? Sure, but you still have to put up with the designer loading the XAML for 10 seconds (or more likely crashing) before giving you access to the XAML editing.
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>I would just prefer a XAML only view so I can get going without having to wait for the Xaml to 'render' first. As far as I can tell there's no way to bring up just markup even with the Tools | Options.
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>+++ Rick ---

Hmmm... You sure the designer loads when it's hidden? If I set it up like above and then close and reopen the solution when I open that xaml file it comes up xaml only, if I then switch to the design page it says "Load Canceled" and I have to click resume loading to see the design. Load times for the XAML seem about the same as a theme file that's about the same size, and about the same as loading the file as XML.

But I could be totally wrong about this, I don't have any gigantic XAML files to test with so I may just not be seeing it.

Off topic... but just thought I'd comment. I've been plowing through your "Linq to SQL DataContext Lifetime Management" http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/246222.aspx post today really enjoyed it, learned a lot from the code samples too. Great Work! Thanks!!