Visual Studio - Separation so development mode is on top

Question

VS2008 seems to have a new feature that allows you to split your website into source code and design aspects on one page. This feature seems great, but by default it has a constructive part in the lower half of the screen and part of the code in the upper half.

Unfortunately, my brain does not work this way, and in the end it becomes more complicated than just continuing to go back and forth when necessary, as I did in the past.

Is there a way to change them so that part of the design is on top and part of the code is below? Most of the other tools in VS are drag and droppable, so I don’t understand why not, but I don’t find the settings anywhere. I did a quick google search and found a way to make the split vertical, but that is not what I am looking for. I'm just looking for the same horizontal split with a piece of design on top.

thanks

Answer 1

Here is an alternative approach that might help. If this is a traditional .aspx page (one of which has code), you can open both documents at the same time. Then right-click one in the tab area at the top and select New group of horizontal tabs . You can manipulate it so that the design window is on top of the code window.

Answer 2

I would be very surprised if this is possible, since I have never seen a window configuration that changes the vertical alignment of the Objects and Events drop-down lists.

I could be wrong.

Answer 3

This seems rather strange - in the xaml design you can split the screen, whatever you want, since there is a button for switching the position of the panels. The options for the html designer seem to only allow vertical or horizontal separation, but there is nothing to indicate whether to have the code or design on top, it seems a bit backward, since I think most people find it more natural to make it visual the designer was at the top with the code below.