In Eclipse it is possible to comment out multiple lines at once by selecting them and executing CTRL + /:
// helloworld
Is this possible in Notepad++ as well instead of typing /+/ in front of each individual line?
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Select desired lines and then press CTRL+Q. This will toggle comments on and off.
Also, I've just recently become a fan of ALT + Left Mouse Click to select multiple lines and just manually comment those lines with //.
I've found the ALT + Left Mouse Click trick to work well with Visual Studio, JetBrain products, Notepad++ but not Eclipse.
answered Jul 30, 2014 at 19:55
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ALT + LMCand subsequently//works in.scalaas well. To uncomment:ALT + LMCand subsequently two timesDEL– 030Jul 30, 2014 at 20:01 -
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Ctrl+Qis faster than multiline select and//– PacerierJun 30, 2015 at 2:57 -
1"This will toggle comments on and off" as VitaminYes wrote. If you want to re-commment the commented lines, see @john-robertson 's response superuser.com/a/916881/342669– malarresSep 16, 2015 at 14:20
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2For the people, with who
CTRL+Qdidn't work, you have to choose the lanuage of your file from thelanguage menu, otherwise notepad++ will not know what is the comment type you want. Feb 7, 2017 at 18:44 -
<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Q</kbd> does not quite work as expected, though. If there is already a comment in there, the comment is un-commented. For example, select a bunch of
C++code with one of those selected lines being// This is amazing code!. Now that line will be converted toThis is amazing code!. The feature is "doing what it says on the tin", just not what was expected! Personally, I'd expect that if >50% of selected lines were not commented then comment them all, and vice versa.– AlainDNov 16, 2020 at 23:03
Also CTRL+K works well in Notepad++ to comment. If you had existing comments in a long block you are commenting, CTRL+Q will uncomment your actual comments, where CTRL+K just add another level of // in front. CTRL+SHIFT+K removes a single line comment from the selection.
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This is a Ctrl-Q bug actually. If there are half commented lines and half uncommented lines, Ctrl-Q should comment them all, then uncomment them all, then comment them all again.– PacerierJun 30, 2015 at 3:09
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In notepad++ I believe that the shortcut is CTRL+Q for commenting the code.
You can go to Settings > Shortcut Mapper to change this to match your preference.
The default for a block comment is CTRL+SHIFT+Q. So you can highlight the block of code then use this shortcut.
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I have created a
.htmlfile and executing the command results in<!-- -->, but nothing happens in a.scalafile– 030Jul 30, 2014 at 19:38 -
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1These are the different comments for different languages. Here is a list of supported languages natively in Notepad++: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad%2B%2B#Programming_languages Jul 30, 2014 at 19:42
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2@DanSmith, Dam I can't uncomment the commented code. What's the opposite of Ctrl-Shift-Q?– PacerierJun 30, 2015 at 3:00
If you prefer only using the mouse, install the "Customize Toolbar" plugin from the plugin manager, and add "Single Line Comment" and "Single Line Uncomment" buttons.
answered May 25, 2016 at 9:57
An alternative is to use a macro with a custom shortcut (CTRL+Q didn't work on javascript inside a .html document)
The trick works for a single line comment only.
Create the macro :
- Macro > Start recording
place the cursor in your doc and type:
//Macro > Stop recording
- Macro > Save
- Give a name and select your prefered keyboard shortcut.
To quickly comment a line :
Place the cursor at the beginning of the line to comment and press the shortcut you defined for the macro.
langs.xmland try again.