Manually editing VisualStateGroup elements in split view, freezes the designer. by Harlequin

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Type:	Bug
ID:	761643
Opened:	9/7/2012 8:39:44 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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User(s) can reproduce this bug

When editing the ListViewItemStyle in split view, and you try and remove or comment out some VisualStateGroup elements, the design freezes up.

Note: This is for Blend for Visual Studio 2012, which is not in the below Product Version for some reason.

And the Language is Xaml, which is not in the Language selection when submitting this bug.

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Blend for Visual Studio 11 Beta

Bug

1) Put a ListView into a Xaml page.
2) Edit the ItemContainerStyle
3) There are many VisualStateGroup elements most people would like to clean up.
4) Once you start commenting out, or deleting some of these VisualStateGroup elements the design view crashes, and after 10 seconds or so you get the message from Blend that the design surface is not responding and asks to report to Microsoft.

Expected:
I would expect, when in Split view, that editing the Visual States to be seamless. That the design surface re-renders properly, and the States panel also updates properly.

I just tried it again when writing this bug. I just deleted two VisualStateGroup elements in the Xaml, and the design view froze up, forcing me to kill the Blend task.

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Posted by Microsoft on 11/9/2012 at 11:34 AM

We cannot reproduce the issue. We will resolve the bug.

Posted by Microsoft on 9/11/2012 at 7:07 PM

Hi, Harlequin,

I just tried the repro with the latest build of Blend for VS 2012 and I can't get a repro. I deleted the first two state groups as you mentioned and all was well. After that I deleted a state, and then random chunks of xaml inside the visual state groups element. The xaml reported errors with the squiggly underlines from time to time but the design surface continued rendering at all time.

Are you using the final, released version or the beta or other pre-release.

Thanks,
Steve (Blend Program Manager)

Posted by Microsoft on 9/11/2012 at 2:38 PM

Which build of Blend for Visual Studio 2012 are you using? Is this Visual Studio 2012 RTM?

Posted by Harlequin on 9/7/2012 at 8:40 AM

Note that after a minute or so, the XDesProc.exe stops working.

Microsoft