I am coding up a Windows Phone 7 app and as large as my screen is, I'd like to separate the designer from the XAML coding window and throw it onto another screen.
Possible?
To open the XAML Designer, right-click a XAML file in Solution Explorer and choose View Designer. to switch which window appears on top: either the artboard or the XAML editor.
How to Open an XAML File. XAML files are used in . NET programming, so they can also be opened with Microsoft's Visual Studio. However, since they're text-based XML files, you can also open one and edit one with Windows Notepad or any other text editor.
You can use the Options dialog box to change the default settings for the XAML code editor. To view the settings, choose Tools > Options > Text Editor > XAML.
XAML Studio, a Microsoft Garage project will help you rapidly prototype UWP XAML that can be easily copied into your app in Visual Studio. XAML Studio lets you preview your XAML code in real-time and interact with the result just like it was running in your own app!
I'm not sure if this is what you want but if you double click on the "XAML" or "Design" tabs in-between the two panes it will maximize that tab and you can then use the tabs to switch back and forth between design view and XAML view.
Hope this helps
Edit: If you want to go back to split pane view there are three very small icons at the bottom right and you can click one of those to either split vertically or horizontally. The one with the double arrows will also let you switch back and forth between single and split pane views.
Edit: I found this on MSDN which makes it seem that they had the split view so that
...if you drag a control from the Toolbox to Design view, the XAML is immediately updated to reflect the new element. Likewise, if a new element is added by typing the markup in XAML view, the visual representation will appear in Design view immediately, once the XAML is correctly formed.
Edit 3: Looks like someone found an answer before. You may want to try this: Separating designer from XAML window for WPF in VS2010
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