# Won't come out of designer mode

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/wont-come-out-of-designer-mode/1575>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 27, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/wont-come-out-of-designer-mode/1575 "2004-03-27T13:55:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![r.rios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@r.rios](https://forum.servoy.com/u/r.rios)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/wont-come-out-of-designer-mode/1575/1 "2004-03-27T13:55:49Z")

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I had just updated to RC9 (under MacOS 10.3.3) and took my solution for a spin, when out of nowhere a method that displays a list-view form would not work.

I realized that selecting designer from the tool menu, in designer mode, in this list form would keep the form in a “mixed” mode: toolbars greyed out but elements where accessible to be moved and edited.

I traced the problem to a field that had lost definition (no name, no dataprovider); deleted this field and everything back no normal.

Hope this helps.

Ronnie

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**Author:** ![r.rios](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@r.rios](https://forum.servoy.com/u/r.rios)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/wont-come-out-of-designer-mode/1575/2 "2004-03-27T14:40:35Z")

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I’ve been able to reproduce it: place a field with no dataprovider and check displaytags, now trying to leave designer mode will grey out the toolbars (as you were running the solution) but the form is STILL in designer mode (can move and edit fields, no data presented, etc).

Trying to display that form’s tree, in method editor, returned an error.

Ronnie