How to automatically generate comments in Visual S

Question

From Eclipse I'm used that when I start typing a comment for a class or method, the parameters, return types and exceptions are autogenerated. But in VisualStudio 2010 I can't find something like this. Any hints how to achieve that?

Answer 1

You can use Ghostddoc to generate alot of your xml comments: http://submain.com/products/ghostdoc.aspx

I think there is a free version available.

Answer 2

GhostDoc is a free extension that will do this. Just hit (by default) Ctrl+D anywhere within a method, and it will add XML Documentation comments with defaults filled in (though they typically should be modified/expanded).

Answer 3

Use "///" instead of "//" for comments. For example, the following comment was auto-generated by just starting to type "///":

/// <summary>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="terms"></param>
public TVec(IEnumerable<Term> terms)
{
}

Answer 4

The only way I know to do this is on the line right above your method just type "///" and it will generate a comment template based on the method.

Answer 5

Try typing "///" one line ahead of a method. Tell me if that is what you are looking for.