Different colors in C# XML documentation comments

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I'm trying to have different colors of text in the XML doc comment like how the word true, false and Window are in blue and green colors in the picture below.

I tried decompiling the code that had these but the xml doc was different and there's no mention of this kind of coloring in Microsoft documentations as well.

See following : learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/visualstudio/… — jdweng
– jdweng, Commented Dec 22, 2020 at 18:29
You can't customize the color of arbitrary words. The highlighting matches the syntax highlighting for "Keywords" and the "User Types - *" items in Tools > Options > Fonts and Colors. It knows, for example, that Window is a type based on <see cref="Window"/> in the XML. It then examines the actual type, sees that it's a reference type, and uses the configured color. — madreflection
– madreflection, Commented Dec 22, 2020 at 18:30
Just to add tot he previous comments, the true, false, null and other keywords are defined with <see> tag too. For example, <see langword="true"/>. See helixoft.com/blog/… — Peter Macej
– Peter Macej, Commented Dec 22, 2020 at 20:46
thank you @madreflection and Peter Macej. i missed <see cref="Window"/> but the other one (langword) is not mentioned in Microsoft documentations somehow. if any of you want to take credit for the answer please do. — Mohammadios
– Mohammadios, Commented Dec 23, 2020 at 14:35

Noah Tomkins · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-18 23:16:34Z

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To get the blue color for true use this syntax inline: <see langword="true"/>

answered Feb 18, 2022 at 23:16

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