[c#] How to add comments into a Xaml file in WPF?

I used this syntax as I found online but it throws an error:

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
<!-- Cool comment -->
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"

'Name cannot begin with the '<' character, hexadecimal value 0x3C. Line 4, position 5.' XML is not valid.

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The answer is


You cannot put comments inside UWP XAML tags. Your syntax is right.

TO DO:

<xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"/>
<!-- Cool comment -->

NOT TO DO:

<xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    <!-- Cool comment -->
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"/>

Found a nice solution by Laurent Bugnion, it can look something like this:

<UserControl xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" 
             xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
             xmlns:comment="Tag to add comments"
             mc:Ignorable="d comment" d:DesignHeight="300" d:DesignWidth="300">
    <Grid>
        <Button Width="100"
                comment:Width="example comment on Width, will be ignored......">
        </Button>
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Here's the link: http://blog.galasoft.ch/posts/2010/02/quick-tip-commenting-out-properties-in-xaml/

A commenter on the link provided extra characters for the ignore prefix in lieu of highlighting:

mc:Ignorable=”ØignoreØ”

You can't insert comments inside xml tags.

Bad

<Window xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
<!-- Cool comment -->
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">

Good

<Window xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib">
<!-- Cool comment -->

Just a tip:

In Visual Studio to comment a text, you can highlight the text you want to comment, and then use Ctrl + K followed by Ctrl + C. To uncomment, you can use Ctrl + K followed by Ctrl + U.


For anyone learning this stuff, comments are more important, so drawing on Xak Tacit's idea
(from User500099's link) for Single Property comments, add this to the top of the XAML code block:

<!--Comments Allowed With Markup Compatibility (mc) In XAML!
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:ØignoreØ="http://www.galasoft.ch/ignore"
    mc:Ignorable="ØignoreØ"
    Usage in property:
ØignoreØ:AttributeToIgnore="Text Of AttributeToIgnore"-->

Then in the code block

<Application FooApp:Class="Foo.App"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:ØignoreØ="http://www.galasoft.ch/ignore"
mc:Ignorable="ØignoreØ"
...

AttributeNotToIgnore="TextNotToIgnore"
...

...
ØignoreØ:IgnoreThisAttribute="IgnoreThatText"
...   
>
</Application>

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