Visual Studio 2012 XAML designer doesn't seem to update

Question

I seem to have a sudden issue with my XAML Designer view in VS2012, and a similar behavior in Blend as well. the view has stopped updating and I'm unable to see any changes immediately if I change any properties.

if I scroll or Pan, the Phone chrome seems to move but the content stays put. It gets restored upon slightly adjusting the borders or restarting the page. has anyone else faced this issue? do you know what I need to do? I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Professional (Update 2)

this image will show you what I mean. I re-installed the app and it didn't help

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I solved it. I don't know which Graphics you have, but I have an Intel 4000 and a Nvidia 640m and I have to start Visual Studio with the Nvidia Graphics. Maybe it's the same problem.

Answer 2

Had the same problem when doing XAML design for Silverlight 5 app in VS2012.
Have a HP 8570p with Intel HD Graphics 4000. Win7 64bit

I had the driver version 9.17.10.2867 released 17 Jan 2014.
Had to revert back to 8.15.10.2712 released 22 Jun 2012 and it worked there.

Edit 2014-03-25: Reinstalled the newer driver(was going to test something and remembered this) and now it seems to work with the newer driver version.