Pretty Doc Comments

A Visual Studio extension that overlays XML doc comments with a rendered image. It makes the comment much more readable and reduces visual noise created by XML-tags.

Compatibility

It works with single line comments in C#, C++, F# (///) and VB ('''). Multiline comments (/** */) are ignored.

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Getting Started

Download and run the extension (VSIX) for Visual Studio 2022 or later from the Visual Studio Marketplace or, from within Visual Studio, search for "PrettyDocComments" in the "Extensions and Updates" UI.

Editing XML doc comments

When the text cursor is on a doc comment line the pretty image is hidden and the original XML text is revealed and ready to be edited the usual way.

Configuration

You can configure the appearance of the prettyfied comments in menu Tools / Options..., section Pretty Doc Comments