Keyboard shortcut to comment lines in Sublime Text 3

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In Sublime Text 2 it was possible to comment out a line or a block of lines with Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+Shift+/. According to the menu Edit > Comment these shortcuts should be valid, but in Sublime Text 3 (build 3047) they no longer seem to work. Does anybody know the right default keyboard shortcuts for Linux and MacOS? Or is it a bug?

Open the console (View->Show Console) and write this in it: `sublime.log_commands(True)` and press `Ctrl+/` and `Ctrl+Shift+/`. What do you get in the console output? — dusan, Jul 19 '13 at 13:16
[Build 3049](http://www.sublimetext.com/3dev) has just been released on the dev channel. Try installing that and seeing if the issue has been fixed. And, BTW, on OSX it's `Cmd-/`, not `Ctrl-/`. — MattDMo, Jul 19 '13 at 14:12
@dusan the console says `command: move_to_group {"group": 6}` for Ctrl+Shift+/ and `command: focus_group {"group": 6}` for Ctrl+/ — 0x4a6f4672, Jul 19 '13 at 14:30
I think this has been fixed in newer builds. Just dl'ed sublime 3 for Ubuntu 13.10 32 bit and control + / is still working the hot key for comments. — user137717, Nov 26 '14 at 15:15

dusan · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-25T18:23:22.647

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It seems a bug: http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11157&start=0

As a workaround, go to Preferences->Key Bindings - User and add these keybindings (if you're using Linux):

{ "keys": ["ctrl+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }

Update: This also works on Windows 8 (see @Sosi's comment)

edited Apr 25 '14 at 18:23

answered Jul 19 '13 at 15:40

dusan

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Yes, it seems to be a bug, but the workaround does not work satisfactory, at least for Linux (Ubuntu). – 0x4a6f4672 Jul 19 '13 at 16:29
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If you do `sublime.log_commands(True)` again and press `Ctrl+/` and `Ctrl+Shift+/`, do you still get the `move_to_group` and `focus_group` commands? – dusan Jul 19 '13 at 17:30
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You are right, you get `toggle_comment {"block": false}` and `toggle_comment {"block": true}`. Somehow the `block:true` command irritated me, it does not seem to work well. The `block:false` command works as expected. – 0x4a6f4672 Jul 22 '13 at 08:39
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I would like to note that this also worked on Sublime 3 on Win8 ;) thanks! – Sos Mar 13 '14 at 11:05
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toggle have some problems according to css,html,js – atilkan Jun 15 '14 at 19:34
Working now in Linux version – Abram Dec 31 '14 at 00:58
I successfully used this workaround in an Ubuntu VM under Windows, too. [On a German keyboard the forward slash is Shift-7 so Shift-/ is a bit tricky to type anyway. (It is available on the numeric keypad.)] – Oliver Schafeld Jan 26 '15 at 08:24
This seems to work for me on macOS Sierra, however, it does not appear to work with HTML files. – f1lt3r Feb 06 '18 at 20:10
Works great on a danish keyboard on Linux - I guess the OS is not important here only the keyboard. Using Sublime 3.1.1 Build 3176 – dotnetCarpenter Aug 30 '18 at 00:40
what does `"args": { "block": false }` mean ? – Awakened Sep 06 '20 at 17:35

score 94 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 09 '16 at 15:53

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You can add the following lines to Preferences / Key Bindings - User:

{ "keys": ["control+keypad_divide"],"command": "toggle_comment", "args": {"block": false} }, 
{ "keys": ["shift+control+keypad_divide"],"command": "toggle_comment", "args": {"block": true}}

This is how I sorted the problem out - replacing "ctrl" with "control" and "/" with "keypad_divide".

edited Jun 09 '16 at 15:53

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I wonder how did you came up with the alternate `control` and `keypad_divide`? – arod Nov 16 '17 at 02:30
Worked on Fedora 29, while ctrl and 7 did not. – Asta86 Nov 21 '18 at 02:46
This should be the accepted answer as it is not workaround – sebastian romero Jan 12 '19 at 20:40

score 46 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

This is a keyboard internationalisation issue.

On a standard US QWERTY keyboard, as used in Australia where Sublime Text is made, / is readily available:

This is not the case with many other keyboards. Take for example the German QWERTZ keyboard. One needs to hit SHIFT+7 to get a /. This is why commenting does not work properly on these keyboards.

Changing the user keybindings to those listed below, will work for the German QWERTZ keyboard.

{ "keys": ["ctrl+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }

If the problems are occurring with still a different keyboard layout, change the keybindings accordingly.

Thanks - helped me to understand it complete! – Tobias Hochgürtel Jun 05 '15 at 13:47 — Tobias Hochgürtel, Jun 05 '15 at 13:47

score 16 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 14:16

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U can fix this bug by:

[
   { "keys": ["ctrl+keypad_divide"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
   { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+keypad_divide"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } },
]

it allow to comment with CTRL+/ and CTRL+SHIFT+/ and u can use / on keypad =)

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score 13 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 12:46

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This worked for me.

cmd + /

I'm on Mac OS X El Capitan. Sublime Text 3 (stable build 3114).

edited Sep 26 '17 at 12:46

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answered Aug 20 '16 at 19:52

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score 9 · Answer 6 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 14:12

I'm under Linux too. For me, it only works when I press CTRL+SHIFT+/, and it's like a single comment, not a block comment. The reason is to acceed the / character, I have to press SHIFT, if I do not, sublime text detects that I pressed CTRL + :.

Here it is my solution to get back normal preferences. Write in Key Bindings - User :

{ "keys": ["ctrl+:"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+:"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }

score 8 · Answer 7 · edited Mar 10 '15 at 11:28

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On OSX Yosemite, I fixed this by going System Preferences, Keyboard, then Shortcuts. Under App Shortcuts, disable Show Help menu which was bound to CMD+SHIFT+7.

keyboard settings

My keyboard layout is Norwegian, with English as the OS language.

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This fix the problem for international keyboards on OSX – Skatox Mar 01 '17 at 13:45

score 7 · Answer 8 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 12:52

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It's simpler than you think press cmd + / in mac.

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score 4 · Answer 9 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 14:12

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In my notebook keyboard, a ABNT 2, I can use the CTRL+; shortcut as the default comment action for blocks and lines. The same shortcut to uncomment.

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Mwiza

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answered Apr 09 '14 at 21:46

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Seems like the keyboard is not properly reconized. Strange that the "/"-key works normally when writing but not for the shortcut. – mathiasfk Aug 06 '14 at 13:58

score 4 · Answer 10 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 13:02

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For Brazilian ABNT Keyboards you do Ctrl + ; to comment and repeat it to remove the comment.

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score 3 · Answer 11 · edited Oct 18 '19 at 08:19

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Use Ctrl + / for single line comment and
Ctrl + Alt + / for block or multiline comments.

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score 3 · Answer 12 · answered Feb 18 '20 at 13:47

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i am ubuntu 18 with sublime text 3.2

CTR + /

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score 2 · Answer 13 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 12:53

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On MAC instead of shift use ALT like this CMD + ALT + /

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score 2 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 14 '19 at 21:28

I prefer pressing Ctrl + / to (un)comment the current line. Plus, I want the cursor to move down one line, thus this way I can (un)comment several lines easily. If you install the "Chain of Command" plugin, you can combine these two operations:

[
    { 
        "keys": ["ctrl+keypad_divide"], 
        "command": "chain",
        "args": {
            "commands": [
                ["toggle_comment", { "block": false }],
                ["move", {"by": "lines", "forward": true}]
            ]
        }
    }
]

score 1 · Answer 15 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 13:34

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Had the same issue. Check with sublime.log_input(True) command on the console to see what keys are being detected with the CTRL+/ and SHIFT+CTRL+/ shorcuts. Then replace the shortcuts with those. (Changing / for keypad_divide worked for me)

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answered Aug 27 '14 at 13:18

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Oct 28 '14 at 12:39

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Make sure the file is a recognized type. I had a yaml file open (without the .yaml file extension) and Sublime Text recognized it as Plain Text. Plain Text has no comment method. Switching the file type to YAML made the comment shortcut work.

answered Oct 28 '14 at 12:39

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score 1 · Answer 17 · edited Nov 24 '17 at 21:15

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For me, on Mac OS Sierra :

{ "keys": ["super+forward_slash"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }, { "keys": ["super+alt+:"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },

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score 1 · Answer 18 · edited Apr 26 '18 at 17:55

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Sublime 3 for Windows:

Add comment tags -> CTRL + SHIFT + ;
The whole line becomes a comment line -> CTRL + ;

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Syscall

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score 1 · Answer 19 · edited May 10 '18 at 17:17

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If the shortcut ctrl+?, ctrl+shift+? or ctrl+/ is not working, try switching to another, like ctrl+1, ctrl+shift+1, it worked for me.

{ "keys": ["ctrl+1"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }

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score 1 · Answer 20 · answered Jan 15 '19 at 01:49

On my mac the shortcut is ⌘cmd + / which makes multi line comment but as single lines:

// if ($username && $password) {
//  echo "You are good to go";
// } else {
//  echo "Fields cannot be blank";
// }

OR

⌥ alt + ⌘cmd + / and it's result is overall comment, from beggining of the selection to the end.

/*
if ($username && $password) {
    echo "You are good to go";
} else {
    echo "Fields cannot be blank";
}
*/

score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Dec 15 '22 at 17:01

As a workaround, go to Preferences->Key Bindings - User and add these keybindings (if you're using Mac):

{ "keys": ["super+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
{ "keys": ["super+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }

score 0 · Answer 22 · answered May 01 '15 at 04:46

In case anyone has had further issues with Sublime 3 on Windows 7, the above suggestions all did not work for me. However, when I 1 - reran the app as administrator and 2 - highlighted, and chose Edit -> Comment -> toggle comment, afterwards I was able to use a user preferences set keybinding to toggle comments. I don't really have an explanation for why it worked, except that it did.

score 0 · Answer 23 · edited Sep 26 '17 at 12:47

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Open sublime Text 3 and go to Preferences menu and the click on Key Bindings then paste this code to make a comment shortcut with CTRL+D.

[{ "keys": ["ctrl+d"],"command": "toggle_comment", "args": {"block": false}},]

then save it. now you can use shortcut.

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score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Nov 09 '17 at 06:53

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On windows, use Ctrl + Shift + ?. You will be able to comment the HTML.

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Mar 12 '18 at 14:16

This worked just fine for me on Win 10:

    [{ "keys": ["ctrl+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },
{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }
]

note that "[ ]" are nesassary and it will give you an error if you miss them.

score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Mar 07 '19 at 00:27

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I might be late to the party but as of my build 3176 it appears the bug is fixed. Just used Ctrl+T and it worked for a CSS file (Kubuntu 18.10)

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score -1 · Answer 27 · edited Jun 18 '18 at 00:59

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In Windows use ctrl + shift + : to comment for Python.

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Keyboard shortcut to comment lines in Sublime Text 3

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This is a keyboard internationalisation issue.

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