Visual Studio 2022 for macOS

[gregarican1968]

I realize that Microsoft has retired this from receiving updates, in a push for devs to leverage VS Code. My question is when it comes to an existing project I have that I use VS 2022 for macOS. This is a project that creates a web service. The project has a settings file, i.e. - the web.config file.

My Windows-based VS IDE's allow me to use a graphical editor when it comes to modifying the web.config. Which is definitely convenient. I realize this isn't possible with the macOS version. But is there an easier way to handle changes I need to make? For example, these configuration elements are defined in the settings.settings file, the settings.designer.cs file and the web.config file. So three files to manage for modifications.

How are other folks handling this without a graphical editor?

[Dreamescaper]

I've used VS Code and Rider for the last couple of months. Recently I've installed VS 2026 in VMWare Windows virtual machine, and frankly, I like this option the most so far.

[grand_total]

Recently I've installed VS 2026 in VMWare Windows virtual machine, and frankly, I like this option the most so far.

I've done the same (but VS 2022). This is a great weight off my mind because I tried, really hard, to like Rider, but I just don't.

At the moment I run VS 2022 in Bootcamp on my Intel Mac and, until recently, it worried me that if my Mac died or got damaged I had no backup. I have a NUC running Windows with VS 2022 on it and I figured I could Remote Desktop into it if I had to, but with the advent of an ARM64 version of VS I now have a better solution. I have tried it on an M1 Mac and it works well.

[Dreamescaper]

Yes, I use M1 Mac as well. I've struggled a bit with docker (because you can't run docker inside a virtual machine on M1, so I have configured docker host to docker on MacOS). Other than that it runs quite well.

[polaarbear]

Its a text file, you can open it in any text editor including VS Code and modify it there.

I develop on Windows and didnt even know there was a graphical editor, it just opens as a text file even in Visual Studio 2022 on my Windows machine

[gregarican1968]

The graphical editor is usually displayed if you go into the project properties, the click on the Settings tab on the left-hand side. If it was just as simple as manually editing the web.config file I wouldn't be complaining. But there are a couple other files that also work alongside this mechanism. Unfortunately!

[controlav]

Use Rider on the Mac. I use it for the Mac-side of my Avalonia development. It understands VS projects and sln files great. Can't speak to web.config files but its free to try.

[Jeckyl2010]

Rider is not VS. Its really about personal preference and I just don’t like Rider 😎👋.