>>If you mean this new toolbar I just added (see attached), then it's always inactive for me too. Even when I try to design a query in Editor.
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>Yep...that's the one. The only time I ever see it active is when I create a new view.......Then both it and the view designer toolbar (looks almost the same) become active.

Funny, it didn't become active for me even after I opened a new query window. Looks like a bug in SSMS - perhaps you need to file it on Connect website.

I can also post it in MSDN forums.

Could it be because I'm using SQL Server Express?