Adding items to the task list

Many times I like to make a note of things that I need to do later or things I haven’t completed yet inline with my code. Using Visual Studio 2005 you have the ability to change or add items that show up in the comments section of the task list. This makes it easier to go back later and find these.

By default these Visual Studio provides a series of these keywords that you can use automatically. They can be found in Tools – Options – Environment – Task List

The task list options are fully extensible. This means you can add your own or even change the priority of the existing items that are listed.

So for example if I wanted to enter a TODO comment in my code I could use the following