Ever wonder how to write comments within an aspx file? <!– Some Comment –> won’t cut it as it gets processed on the server side and the resulting HTML will contain the commented code as processed. Enter, <%– –%>. There are 2 ways you can truly comment on an aspx file.

If you prefer to type then use the <%- some comment –%> tags to enclose comments like below,

<%–

Anything within this block will not be parsed/handled by ASP.NET.

<asp:TextBox runat=”server”></asp:TextBox>

–%>

If you prefer to click then here is the visual way of doing the same,