While answering a question on StackOverflow about VisualStudio Designer ( http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29062006/design-layout-differs-from-runtime-layout ), I've noticed that SharpDevelop seems to lack a similar feature.
Please have a look at the above link to find the details of a demo xaml code and the image of what I would expect to see in the designer.
Is there a way to see the effect of styles in a Resource Dictionary at Design time?
I've also found a very old post here without an answer: http://community.sharpdevelop.net/forums/p/13263/35835.aspx#35835
Thank you