Editing StartPage.xaml

Question

As I was going through the CTP WalkThrough on the how to customize the Start Page, I found that it was fairly difficult to find the matching tag.

There are 2 techniques I use:
1. Put cursor at the begining of the tag then press CTRL+].  That jumps me to the next tag ... which could be several screen pages down.
2. Put cursor at beginning of the tag and then press SHIFT+CTRL+] and that highlights the entire section.

Now if, as per the walkthrough, I want to comment out the welcome button, I start with adding the "!---", the entire xaml from that point forward is commented.  Now it becomes extremely difficult to find the matching tag to put the "--->" delimiter.

What would be good is an enhancement to the xaml editing experience so that you can still use the two methods I listed above to find the matching tag. 

Essentially, what is needed is a good way to find matching tags when the xaml code is not in a fully "compilable" state.

Answer 1

The behavior you describe soundes like a useful improvement to the XAML editing experience, so I'd encourage you to file an official suggestion for this.  The procedure for this is similar to filing a bug (explained on your other thread here):  go to https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio and click on "New Suggestion."  Once you fill in and submit the form, your suggestion will be reviewed by someone on the appropriate team at Microsoft.

Thanks again for trying out the VS 2010 CTP and posting your feedback.

Brittany Behrens
Program Manager, Visual Studio Platform