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Keyboard Shortcut to Comment Code in Script Editor

Status: Delivered Submitted by on ‎06-08-2018 09:57 AM
14 Comments (14 New)

When I am developing a script, it is sometimes necessarry to comment out a block of code and re-write it for performance or quality reasons.

I do this frequently and it is time consuming to comment the code manually, or to go through the context menu>Advanced>Comment Block/Uncomment Block.

 

Please allow for user to set a keyboard shortcut for this.

I would recommend ctrl+k+c (Comment block) and ctrl+k+u (Uncomment block) as these are the defaults in Visual Studio.

 

14 Comments
msharp
Super User (Alumni)
Super User (Alumni)
‎08-01-2018 06:18 PM
‎08-01-2018 06:18 PM

I would much rather have a keyboard shortcut for commenting line or block of lines (Ctrl+/) is the standard in almost all text editors.  Still going to Kudo though.

uday_guntupalli
Level VIII
‎11-05-2018 09:48 AM
‎11-05-2018 09:48 AM

I would add to this the keyboard shortcuts for the ability to collapse and expand code blocks 

JPoindexter
Level II
‎04-22-2019 01:15 PM
‎04-22-2019 01:15 PM

Definitely would use a shortcut to Comment Block code, it would be super handy. Surprised it isn't a feature already.

Jeff_Perkinson
Community Manager Community Manager
Community Manager
‎09-30-2019 09:11 AM
‎09-30-2019 09:11 AM
Status changed to: Yes, Stay Tuned!

Unfortunately this didn't make it in to JMP 15 but will be in a future release.

Craige_Hales
Super User
Super User
‎10-19-2019 10:07 AM
‎10-19-2019 10:07 AM

Maybe add keyboard shortcut for reformat block at the same time. They are in the same context menu.

Justin_Chilton
Staff
Staff
‎10-25-2019 12:13 PM
‎10-25-2019 12:13 PM

@Craige_Hales, a reformat shortcut is already available via Ctrl + M on Windows and Cmd + M on Mac. The full keyboard shortcut list can be found in the Quick Reference Card

ih
Super User (Alumni)
Super User (Alumni)
‎06-10-2020 10:10 AM
‎06-10-2020 10:10 AM

Hopefully this makes it into JMP 16!

Justin_Chilton
Staff
Staff
‎06-15-2020 03:01 PM
‎06-15-2020 03:01 PM

Hi @ih,

This is already available in the JMP 16 EA, if you are an EA customer. If not, it should still be there when JMP 16 is released.

On Windows, the shortcuts are Ctrl+/ to comment, and Ctrl+Shift+/ to uncomment. And on Mac, it is Cmd+/ and Cmd+Alt+/.

Thanks,

Justin

ih
Super User (Alumni)
Super User (Alumni)
‎06-15-2020 03:13 PM
‎06-15-2020 03:13 PM

Thanks @Justin_Chilton!  Not sure what I did wrong because I thought I tried that right before posting last week without success, but it works now!

Craige_Hales
Super User
Super User
‎06-15-2020 04:38 PM
‎06-15-2020 04:38 PM

Yes, thanks @Justin_Chilton , using both now!