Question

I’ve noticed that in C# XML comments and code comments can have different colors by changing the settings in Tools > Options > Environment > Fonts and Colors > Display Items:
– Comment: controls code comments
– XML comment: controls XML comments

This works well in C#

///<summary>This XML comment is green</summary>

//This code comment is red

But not in VB.NET

'''<summary>This XML comment appears red too even though it's configured as green</summary>

'This code comment is red

Is there a way to fix this?

Answer 1

The coloring settings for VB and C# are different for each language.

Here’s a partial list of the corresponding settings between the two:

C#                 VB
Comment            Comment
XML Doc Attribute  VB XML Attribute
XML Doc Comment    VB XML Comment (the second one)
XML Doc Tag        VB XML Doc Tag