Improved XAML Visual Designer, Property Pane, and better XAML editor during design-time.
Note: since the Beta 2 (late November 2014), a read-only preview of the rendered XAML is displayed at design-time.

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Steve L commented
Please add drag-and-drop support to the designer! This should be super easy!
1. Use DesignerProperties.IsInDesignTool to determine if you're in the designer.
2. If yes, clicking and dragging will use the mouse coordinates to calculate the new values of Canvas.Top and Canvas.Left).
3. When the mouse is released, update the XAML with the new Top/Left values, and you are done. -
Weston Johnson commented
Really would like support to use the XAML editor in VS or even in Blend.
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Anonymous commented
We really do not understand as well:
1./ basic interactivity (click on Rendered XAML and go to selected object XAML code line sounds incredible easy for CSHTML5 cretaros, and help a lot for developers to navigate between XAML code lines)
2./ Property panel: easy as well with a PropertyGrid and Reflection.Why the creators do not realize how important and easy it is?
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UlyssesWu commented
I can't believe after one year, we still have these read-only preview with no property panel support and no mouse-drag and no intellisense for XAML !!!