XML Documentation Comments Support for Visual Studio Code

Generate documentation comments for Visual Studio Code.

Usage

Type "///", it auto-generates an XML documentation comment like this:

/// <summary>
/// 
/// </summary>

Type "/**" and push Enter, it auto-generates an documentation comment like this:

/** 
 * @brief  
 * @note   
 * @param  baudRate: 
 * @retval None
 */

Configuration

The menu under File > Preferences (Code > Preferences on Mac) provides entries to configure user and workspace settings. You are provided with a list of Default Settings. Copy any setting that you want to change to the related settings.json file.

settings.json

{
	// Press the Enter key to activate a command (Default: false)
	"docomment.activateOnEnter": true,
	// Insert spaces when pressing Tab.
	"editor.insertSpaces": true,
	// The number of spaces a tab is equal to.
	"editor.tabSize": 4
}

Installation

1. Install Visual Studio Code 1.8.0 or higher
2. Launch Code
3. From the extension view Ctrl-Shift-X (Windows, Linux) or Cmd-Shift-X (macOS)
4. Search and Choose the extension C-family Documentation Comments
5. Reload Visual Studio Code

Supported Languages

• C#
• C++
• C

Contributors

• @AlexCoderCorp

License

This extension is licensed under the MIT License.