Please show XML documentation in Results column-header tooltips
In my EF-based data model, all entity properties are documented, and Visual Studio compiles these into an XML documentation file.
In LINQPad’s query editor, this documentation correctly appears as a tooltip when hovering over a property.
However, it would be much more helpful if these tooltips were also shown in the Results pane — specifically when hovering over column headers (at least in Rich Text / HTML table mode).
Currently, hovering over a column header only displays the underlying type (e.g. "System.String"). It would be much more useful if it showed the related XML documentation text, when available.
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It's a good idea - I'll look into it. The challenge is in performing this efficiently: it may have to cross a process boundary, which is a lot of work to code up.
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Thanks. If performance is a concern, you could consider making it optional via a setting. You could also defer the required processing when the grid is already presented. Personally, I would be happy to accept a small performance hit.
