ASP.net 5 MVC 6 bower.json and project.json disappear

Question

Is there a reason why bower.json and project.json disappear from the Solution Explorer after closing an ASP.net 5 Web Project? You can click the "Show Hidden Files" icon to display them, but I want them to be part of the project. With the package Intellisense, the json files are much quicker than the clunky Bower tooling.

Answer 1

To solve this you have to remove the DnxInvisibleContent tag inside ItemGroup in the xproj file.

From:

<ItemGroup>
    <DnxInvisibleContent Include="bower.json" />
    <DnxInvisibleContent Include="package.json" />
</ItemGroup>

To:

<ItemGroup>
</ItemGroup>

They should appear in your solution explorer and you'll be free to edit them as you wish.

Let me know if this doesn't help.