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XAML code autocomplete (Intellisense) is disabled/ greyed out and can't be enabled
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youki
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Hard case here:
After i installed a WinUI Preview version the WinUI Templates disappeared after weeks of installation (it's a known bug but i can't find the link anymore).
Nothing helped but a reinstallation with previous removal of all VS folders that i could found on my pc. (If i don't do it, the templates doesn't reappear after installation and there is also no XAML node in the Options dialog. I also removed everything by control panel/programs which has to do with development: Kits, Redistributables, SDK AddOn etc.)
Now i can't enable the mentioned options because it's greyed out.
I've tried all suggestions in the 2 links.
Is this the right registry key as mentioned in the first link? (I've created all after 17.0 because there is no Text Editor key.)
“HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Text Editor\XAML”, Name: “Auto List Members”, Type: REG_DWORD. The default value is 1. Check if you have such value and it is 1.
I'm on VS 17.2.5 with Windows 11.
Solved:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61924136/intellisense-doesnt-work-in-large-xaml-file
Windows development | Windows App SDK
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Debugging
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Walkto Mars 1 Reputation point2023-05-31T07:52:20.9033333+00:00 I uninstalled resharper and xaml auto complete does not working anymore. What I have tried:
- stackoverflow.com answer, not working
- Repare by vs installer, not working
- Uninstall completely and reinstall, not working
At last, I resetted vs setting(Tool => Import and export settings), the xaml auto complete function works again.
Note: although the auto list member option is grayout and unchecked(I use 17.6.2 and 17.1 preview 1), but after reset vs settings, xaml auto complete works well.
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David Lee Perish 0 Reputation points2024-09-06T19:34:43.1133333+00:00 This issue appears to be back with 17.11.2
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TimEichfeld 40 Reputation points2025-05-21T21:17:28.9266667+00:00 I have Visual Studio 2022 and have the same problem. Everything on the developer channels and in other similar reports states "We are unable to investigate this issue further without the additional information requested." so not enough info. I guess screenshots are not enough info, as there are no error logs generated?
Looks like Im going to have to use jet brains, as there is no help in the MS forums/Dev channels. -
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Darran Rowe 1,991 Reputation points2025-05-22T02:37:50.23+00:00 I guess screenshots are not enough info, as there are no error logs generated?
Pretty much, since the key to any kind of bug fixing is to reproduce the problem. If the Visual Studio team is unable to reproduce the problem on their build systems, how can they investigate the problem?
Screenshots can show that the issue exists, but they do not show the state of the entire project, so they don't show how you got there. Actually providing a full buildable project that shows the bug is useful, since this gives the circumstances under which the bug manifests. Providing a project especially written to manifest the bug is ideal because it cuts out all irrelevant things.
The other unfortunate thing about bugs is that sometimes we personally see them a lot, but it turns out that the bug itself happens to be very rare. It turns out to be system related or related to how we are doing things in the project. While it may seem very obvious what causes the problem when we see a bug every five seconds. In practice, it may be a very rare and hard to pin down issue.
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