Toolbox has no items

cshermak 1 Reputation point
2022-01-05T11:35:59.977+00:00

Visual Studio 22 Windows Forms App has the following message in the Toolbox, "There are no usable controls in this group. Drag an item onto this text to add it to the toolbox." I have tried the reset toolbox and choosing items but neither worked. Also tried devenv.exe /SafeMode and /ResetSettings and that didn't work. I have Net.Core 6.0 selected and tried going back to the framework 4.8. I was also trying Blazor out and there wasn't any components there either. How do I get Visual Studio Toolbox functional again?

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  1. Karen Payne MVP 35,441 Reputation points
    2022-01-05T17:03:52.227+00:00

    Try right clicking in the toolbox and see if Reset Toolbox is there, if so try it.

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    4 people found this answer helpful.

  2. Ishrar Godil 20 Reputation points
    2023-12-27T13:39:34.6533333+00:00

    After clicking "Show All" controls appear but all are disabled. I am into a WinForm Application but it shows XAML controls in Show All mode.

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    4 people found this answer helpful.

  3. WickIT 5 Reputation points
    2024-06-06T00:09:25.2133333+00:00

    Restarting VS (as Admin) helped.

    1 person found this answer helpful.

  4. cshermak 1 Reputation point
    2022-01-05T17:50:58.373+00:00

    I tried that and it didn't work. I think it could be a .Net6.0 issue. I deleted the project and re-created as framework 4.8 and I have items available in the toolbox for a forms app. Blazor wasm using .Net6.0 doesn't show any items in the toolbox with the Index.razor page open.


  5. molnarorso 0 Reputation points
    2023-08-22T22:44:19.4866667+00:00

    Upgraded a Windows Forms project to .NET 7.0 / C# 11.0, and now have the same problem: ToolBox is empty and "Reset Toolbox" does not help.
    Which are the latest versions of .NET and C# where this bug is not coming?

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