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Asked: 2026-05-16T15:35:08+00:00

I’m looking at tidying up my project layout in Visual Studio and I’m wondering

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I’m looking at tidying up my project layout in Visual Studio and I’m wondering if there is any hack, plugin or trick to associate an .xml file with a .cs file of the same name so they appear grouped in my solution navigator/explorer.

Similar to the way the code-behind file is associated with its aspx.

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Any suggestions welcome. Thanks

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  1. Editorial Team

    In your project file : 

    <Compile Include="FileA.cs"/>
<Compile Include="FileA.xml">
  <DependentUpon>FileA.cs</DependentUpon>
</Compile>

    Or you could use Group Items command of VSCommands 2010 extension.

    Edit: Just in case your file is in a folder, don’t include the folder name in DependentUpon tag. For example if your file is in Helpers folder:

    <Compile Include="Helpers\FileA.cs"/>
<Compile Include="Helpers\FileA.xml">
  <DependentUpon>FileA.cs</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
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