Why are the code-behind pages for an ASP.NET web application locked at run time? I have older projects (probably defined as ‘web sites’ instead of ‘web apps’) where I can edit the code behind, refresh the browser, and see my changes. With the web app, I have to continually close and reopen the browser if I want to see my changes live. Is there a setting or something I’m missing to allow me to edit at run time, and without restarting the debugging session?
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You can enable Edit and Continue in the project properties. Right click the project in the solution explorer, select the Web tab and check Enable Edit and Continue.
Now you can edit your sources, but you have to pause the debugger to do so.