>>Hi,
>>Sorry, I misunderstood what you were complaining about. I guess EB is still in it's infancy.
>>But, TBH, I don't find it a big deal - I tend to use Ctl-X, Ctl V anyway (saves being frustrated when you come across situations where dragging doesn't work)
>>If it's any consolation I'm sure you'll come across more important things to bitch about (g,d&r)
>>Best,
>>Viv
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>Hi Viv
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>Sorry, but I think that is a big cop out. Drag Drop editing of text is a very old concept and should be there in any half decent editor. In VS2008 you have it. Exppression has been touted as the "preferred" XAML editor for WPF yet as Mike has found out, it does not have even support this form of editing of the XAML code.
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>Version 3 is not infancy in any case. It is the 3rd version. And it should have had this even in the first version.
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>I know there are work-arounds, there always are. But that is no excuse.
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>Somehow explaining away shortcomings of essential functionality is not a solution in my eyes. Like being unable to design a class visually in VISUAL Studio . Yes you can do it in code but then where is WYSIWYG in this?
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>Here's what Cetin has to say about VS:
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>I found that I am 'designing' in VS pure in code (blindly w/o a visual appearance till I run it).
That sounds a bit extreme. I usually work with XAML directly in VS - but using the split pane with the designer and the document view is surely preferable that having to wait until runtime to confirm what you've written.

>That is like going back when I used to write Machine code in Assembly.
A *bit* of an exageration don't you think?

In my experience in practice the guys working with EB rarely inspect the XAML let alone edit it directly. I guess MS expected it to be mainly used in that way.
As I mentioned elsewhere If I had my preference EBs use would be confined to developing bits like Gradient Brushes and StoryBoards (the latter being especially complex, if not impossible, to write in XAML directly) . I guess the same would apply in spades to 3D work but I haven't explored that.....
Regards,
Viv