In RAD Studio XE3 the option (located in Tools > Options > Environment Options > VCL Designer > Embedded Designer ) to disable the Embedded Designer was hide. Personally I still using the old floating designer when I work in VCL projects.
So if you want disable the Embedded Designer just go to the the windows registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Embarcadero\BDS\10.0\Form Design and set the Embedded Designer value to False
Note : Remember which FireMonkey only supports the embedded form designer.
September 5, 2012 at 12:14 am
I alternate between the two modes depending on whether I’m using a multi-monitor system (floating) or a single monitor (embedded). Now that the option has been hidden I guess that means that the floating configuration isn’t going to receive much attention anymore. :-(
September 5, 2012 at 1:39 pm
I don’t use floating anymore, but that’s still a good tip.
April 16, 2013 at 2:05 pm
thanks for the information, help me so much
April 29, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Rodrigo NOT just any other Delphi guy – thanks for this it’s been irritating me ever since Christmas (when I got XE3).
If anyone has a space on their screen and it’s not absolutely necessary why would they deliberately not want to see both code and form simultaneously ? (have I been missing a trick ? for eighteen years ?)