From 69f41a89342d78b33679dd22596cad660b7ff9c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olabamiji Oyetubo <60369677+bigboybamo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:36:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update access-modifiers.md

Added description for file access type modifier
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 .../programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md   | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md b/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
index 5543714e1a752..2fc42d93fb2ac 100644
--- a/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
+++ b/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ To set the access level for a `class` or `struct` member, add the appropriate ke
 
 Finalizers can't have accessibility modifiers. Members of an `enum` type are always `public`, and no access modifiers can be applied.
 
+The `file` access modifier is allowed only on top-level (non-nested) type declarations.
+
 ## C# language specification
 
 [!INCLUDE[CSharplangspec](~/includes/csharplangspec-md.md)]

From 9ba23e6c6c6d0e1f892abe34e295cfec70a92d97 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olabamiji Oyetubo <60369677+bigboybamo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:17:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revise access modifiers summary table

Updated the summary table for access modifiers to include 'file' accessibility.
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 .../classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md      | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md b/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
index de8f7d54f7936..4a266229099f8 100644
--- a/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
+++ b/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/access-modifiers.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ The [`record`](../../language-reference/builtin-types/record.md) modifier on a t
 
 ## Summary table
 
-| Caller's location | `public` | `protected internal` | `protected` | `internal` | `private protected` | `private` | `file` |
-|--|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
-| Within the file | ✔️️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
-| Within the class | ✔️️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
-| Derived class (same assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
-| Non-derived class (same assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
-| Derived class (different assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
-| Non-derived class (different assembly) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Caller's location | `public` | `protected internal` | `protected` | `internal` | `private protected` | `private` |
+|--|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|:-:|
+| Within the file | ✔️️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
+| Within the class | ✔️️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
+| Derived class (same assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
+| Non-derived class (same assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Derived class (different assembly) | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
+| Non-derived class (different assembly) | ✔️ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
 
 The following examples demonstrate how to specify access modifiers on a type and member: