The designer cannot be modified while debugging
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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This message appears when an attempt is made to modify items on the O/R Designer when the application is running in debug mode. When the application is running in debug mode, the O/R Designer is read-only.
To correct this error, select Stop Debugging on the Debug menu. The application stops debugging, and you can modify items in the O/R Designer.