Designer doesn't recognize file-level namespaces

[svew]

I generated a new Designer class with TerminalGuiDesigner, and modified the base .cs file to look something like this:

using Terminal.Gui;

namespace OsWorkspaces;

public partial class NewWindow
{
    public NewWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
}

When I tried opening this file again in the designer, I see this error:

When I use a namespace block instead, this works just fine.

[tznind]

This was already fixed in v2 branch via cbf093f (v2 is alpha)

I have created a similar PR for v1 see #309

[tznind]

@svew I have pushed version v1.1.1 to nuget, please update the tool and let me know if you have any issues.

I had to drop 7.0 support but that is short term support anyway. I dropped because it was no longer in the CI image and its easier to drop than to change CI.

I am not making big changes to v1 anymore and instead focusing on v2 which targets the Terminal.Gui version 2 which is a complete overhaul of entire library (but still pre alpha).

[svew]

I am not making big changes to v1 anymore and instead focusing on v2 which targets the Terminal.Gui version 2 which is a complete overhaul of entire library (but still pre alpha).

Makes sense! I'm starting a new project and was a bit hesitant to use the v2 framework since I saw it was still in alpha after a few years. How's the work on this coming along? Is it stable enough to use for greenfield development?

[tznind]

Is it stable enough to use for greenfield development?

V2 of Terminal.Gui is coming along very well. In terms of stability, there are 2 aspects:

• Running stability, does the code work, and has few/no bugs
• API stability, does v2 releases have breaking changes between versions (renamed methods, different args, etc)

I update designer periodically to the latest v2 and do robust testing of the first (do all the features work properly) - so if you take only the nuget packages that are supported by designer it should not be a problem.

For the breaking changes, these do happen but typically don't require too much code change to keep up with.

In the plus column, V2 has:

• much more flexible table view
• Sixel image support
• Engine logging and performance metrics
• Gradients

And many other cool features, so it is up to you

The current v2 designer update PR is #307

This should be released in next few days

The last v2 nuget package supported by designer is 2.0.0-v2-develop.2203

The above PR highlights the nature of the breaking changes - renamed methods etc.