Merge pull request #13864 from Mikejo5000/mikejo-br25

Add info on design-time availability of XAML Live Preview and XAML Hot Reload

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

docs/xaml-tools/xaml-hot-reload.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: "XAML Hot Reload for WPF and UWP apps"
 description: Modify XAML code in running .NET MAUI, WinUI 3, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), or Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps with edit and continue features in XAML Hot Reload.
-ms.date: 08/27/2024
+ms.date: 04/24/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 helpviewer_keywords:
   - "xaml edit and continue"
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ With XAML Hot Reload, you can incrementally build and test XAML code for your .N
 
 ## Where to get XAML Hot Reload
 
-Visual Studio XAML Hot Reload is currently supported only when you're running an application in **Visual Studio** -or- **Blend for Visual Studio** (if supported by the framework) with the debugger attached (**F5** or **Start debugging**).
+Visual Studio XAML Hot Reload is supported when you're running an application in **Visual Studio** -or- **Blend for Visual Studio** (if supported by the framework) with the debugger attached (**F5** or **Start debugging**).
+
+Starting in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 Preview 2, XAML Hot Reload and [XAML Live Preview](../xaml-tools/xaml-live-preview.md) are available at design-time and not just during a debugging session.
 
 You can't enable this experience by using [Attach to process](../debugger/attach-to-running-processes-with-the-visual-studio-debugger.md) unless you [manually set an environment variable](xaml-hot-reload-troubleshooting.md#verify-that-you-use-start-debugging-rather-than-attach-to-process).
 
-## Applications for XAML Hot Reload
+## Scenarios for XAML Hot Reload
 
 XAML Hot Reload is especially helpful in these scenarios:
 
-* Fixing UI problems found in your XAML code after the app was started in debug mode.
+* Fixing UI problems found in your XAML code.
 
 * Building a new UI component for an app that is under development, while taking advantage of your app's runtime context.
 

docs/xaml-tools/xaml-live-preview.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Capture & edit desktop app UI with XAML Live Preview
 description: Pair XAML Live Preview with XAML Hot Reload to capture desktop app UI, make iterative changes in Visual Studio, and view your changes in real time.
-ms.date: 11/08/2021
+ms.date: 04/24/2025
 ms.topic: conceptual
 helpviewer_keywords:
   - "xaml edit"
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ With XAML Live Preview, you can capture a desktop app's user interface (UI) and
 
 The XAML Live Preview window is available during debugging. To open it, go to **Debug** > **Windows** > **XAML Live Preview**.
 
+Starting in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 Preview 2, XAML Live Preview and [XAML Hot Reload](../xaml-tools/xaml-hot-reload.md) are available at design-time and not just during a debugging session.
+
 :::image type="content" source="media/vs-2022/xaml-live-preview-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the XAML Live Preview option from the Debug menu bar.":::
 
 Or, select the **Show in XAML Live Preview** button in the application toolbar.