Best way to serialize a wpf element tree to Xaml?

Question

What is the best way to serialize a wpf element tree to xaml so that I can get a design time representation?

XamlWriter.Save is having serious limitations, and it can provide only the run-time representation

Probably Microsoft don't want any one to build a customized xaml designer with out much effort :(

Answer 1

As I understand, there is no direct way to get the design time representation of xaml from the visual tree. :)