
Tip 2: To ensure that the tool is installed and enabled, go to Tools -> Options -> type “web live preview” in the Search Options field -> press General -> make sure that the Enabled and Tools and Auto Sync Enabled features are turned on:

Tip 1: To complete the installation, you will be requested to restart Visual Studio.

It is also worth mentioning that, unlike the VS Designer which is heavily outdated, Web Live Preview will receive full support and updates in the future versions of Visual Studio. This is applicable for the Telerik UI ASP.NET AJAX controls as well, allowing you to configure them directly from your browser via the provided Action Panel (Tasks menu with control’s properties-very similar to the smart tag we are already familiar with the VS Designer). WLP allows you to configure the settings (properties, databinding and so on) of the ASP.NET Web Forms components. The idea of the tool is to be accessible (a trend across the whole Microsoft portfolio) and to follow the modern web standards. And vice versa: If you edit the source in VS, the web app will automatically be updated. When viewing your web app, you can select elements in the browser just like in DevTools and the IDE will automatically show you the code that was executed to generate the element. Web Live Preview (WLP) is a Visual Studio (VS) add-on that enables real-time mapping between your source code and the rendered HTML in the browser.

