Format Documentation Comments 2017

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A Visual Studio extension that formats and word wraps C# documentation comments.

Getting Started

The extension adds two new commands to the Edit › Advanced menu:

• Format Doc Comments in Selection formats the documentation comments that overlap the selection. If nothing is selected then it formats the comment under the caret.
• Format Doc Comments in Document formats all the documentation comments in the document.

Configuration

The formatting style is currently non-configurable.

The word wrap column can be configured by setting a text editor guideline using the Editor Guidelines extension. If no guidelines are set then it defaults to 80 columns.