# Shortcut key combo for commenting?

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 30, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798 "2017-01-30T07:28:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alex_bombay/32/224_2.png) [@Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alex_Bombay)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/1 "2017-01-30T07:28:21Z")

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Hey,

I was wondering if anyone knows if I can set a shortcut for commenting out a line (CMD+/) or if it might be something that you would like to see added to Xojo?

I can’t imagine it would be too hard.

Alex

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**Author:** ![PaulS](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/pauls/32/199_2.png) [@PaulS](https://forum.xojo.com/u/PaulS)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/2 "2017-01-30T08:03:20Z")

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There is, it’s CMD + ’  
See menu Edit --\> Comment. 😉

Also works on multiple selected lines.  
A single line of code doesn’t have be selected to comment out.  
Same shortcut can be used to uncomment line(s).

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alex_bombay/32/224_2.png) [@Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alex_Bombay)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/3 "2017-01-30T08:08:47Z")

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Thanks, I totally missed that, I am used to CMD+/ from other editors.

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**Author:** ![Kem\_Tekinay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/kem_tekinay/32/154_2.png) [@Kem\_Tekinay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Kem_Tekinay)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/4 "2017-01-30T08:21:24Z")

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If you’re on a Mac, you can remap it in the Keyboard System Preferences.

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alex_bombay/32/224_2.png) [@Alex\_Bombay](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alex_Bombay)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 10:00am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/5 "2017-01-30T10:00:38Z")

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> [@312613:@Kem Tekinay](#):
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> If you’re on a Mac, you can remap it in the Keyboard System Preferences.

I couldn’t seem to get this to work. If I am not mistaken, the name of the menu item changes when you select commented code. Wouldn’t that also cause it to stop working if it was working in the first place?

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**Author:** ![PaulS](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/pauls/32/199_2.png) [@PaulS](https://forum.xojo.com/u/PaulS)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/6 "2017-01-30T11:25:54Z")

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This works fine by me.  
 ![](http://www.sondervan.nl/diversen/CommentRemapping.png)

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/shortcut-key-combo-for-commenting/35798/7 "2020-10-29T18:38:04Z")

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