How to open form designer in Visual Studio?

Question

I am attempting to create a Windows Forms app in C# in Visual Studio.

Normally one can double click the Form1.cs file in the Solution Explorer in order to access the simple drag and drop designer.

Unfortunately, it only opens up the code for the file.

Answer 1

You are in the Folder view.

Change to the Solution (Project) view.

This icon at the top of Solution Explorer.