Visual Studio: Collapse Methods, but not Comments (Summary etc.)

Answer 1

There is nothing built-in to Visual Studio which will allow you to collapse code regions in this fashion. It might be possible with a macro, but I don't think it would be very simple to write. Visual Studio 2010 might provide some relief by allowing you to write an actual plug-in that has more direct accessibility in to the syntax parser, but that is pure speculation at this point.

Answer 2

Maybe this link will help you: http://weblogs.asp.net/mrdave/archive/2004/09/17/230732.aspx . You can wrap everything in regions so that you could manage it and keep comments unwrapped. Also you can modify that macro to fit your needs.

Answer 3

Ctrl M, Ctrl O

Collapses to definitions.

From this point a macro might not be too hard to write.

Something like find /// <summary> ... and toggle outlining. Then lather, rinse, repeat.

Best of luck,

Dan