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I just installed the new MonoDevelop Windows beta, but when trying to create a C# windows application the only option was GTK#. Since Mono supports WinForms, why is this not an option in MonoDevelop. I would like to not have the GTK# dependency in my applications.
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Windows Forms (and WPF) are both not supported on Linux with . NET Core and probably never will be. Winforms runs on mono, but that is based on . NET Framework, not .
Unfortunately, the System. Windows. Forms. VisualStyles namespace is not currently implemented on Linux or macOS.
Thanks to the utility, easy code, simple drag, and drop design interface, … Win Form has been used to develop many applications. Because of its high age (born in 2003), WinForm was officially declared dead by Microsoft in 2014. However, Win Form is still alive and well.
Althought Winforms is supported in mono since version 2.0, the WinForms designer is not usable yet in MonoDevelop, which could be the reason for the lack of a WinForms project in MonoDevelop
http://www.mono-project.com/WinForms_Designer
AFAIK, you should think of mono's support for winforms as a way to port existing winforms aplication to linux. If you want to make a cross-platform app from the ground up, you should use GTK#
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