Visual Studio /**/ comment shortcut?

Question

I want to know how to put the /**/ comments through shortcut. I know the Ctrl+K+C shortcut for the // comments but it comments the whole line. Sometimes while debugging, I want to do something like "ref string /* char[] */ lengthValue" while trying something out.

I want to be able to comment a specific part of a line (not the whole line) through a shortcut e.g in "string /* char[] */ lengthValue" i-e comment out only a specific part of a like by shortcut

I am using Visual Studio 2013

Please help

Actually you can mark part of a line and then use `Ctrl+K+C` in the C++ editor. Sadly, it doesn't work like this in the C# editor. — Henrik, Sep 07 '15 at 06:40
Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard > Find Edit.CommentSelection — BAR, Nov 29 '21 at 19:36

score 109 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 22 '21 at 13:55

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Visual studio comment shortcut key: Accept in HTML, C#, JS, CSS etc in Visual studio.

Ctrl + k then Ctrl + c

//a
//b                      
//c

to undo ctrl + k then Ctrl + u

a
b
c

Ctrl + Shift + /

/*a
b
c*/

to undo Ctrl + Shift + /

a
b
c

edited Oct 22 '21 at 13:55

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answered Nov 25 '15 at 06:12

Suza

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**Ctrl+k+c** & **ctrl+k+u** is works for vb.net smoothly but _Ctrl+Shift+/_ is making no change in here. @Muleskinner – Suza Sep 27 '17 at 04:13
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Why is it so complicated – Alaa M. Jul 20 '18 at 11:39
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Absolutely cumbersome. – MeLight Nov 21 '18 at 19:13
@Suza that makes sense, because VB doesn't have block comments, only single-line comments. – Zev Spitz Jul 03 '19 at 03:56
@Muleskinner _Can confirm this works for also vb.net_ -- what, block comments? VB doesn't have block comments. – Zev Spitz Jul 03 '19 at 03:56
Or better change to Visual Studio Code keyboard mapping scheme. – Jorge Jan 22 '21 at 03:37
I want to vote down on this correct answer for it's deadful truth... but I didn't. – Jonathan Root Nov 11 '22 at 18:34
From Visual Studio 2019 on this answer ist better: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32426360/2550395 – Jonathan Root Nov 11 '22 at 18:37

Salah Akbari · Accepted Answer · 2020-11-11T14:05:47.910

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I think there is no shortcut key for this purpose in Visual Studio but If you use ReSharper you can use Ctrl + Shift + /.

Have a look at this may be useful as well.

edited Nov 11 '20 at 14:05

answered Sep 06 '15 at 17:35

Salah Akbari

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Visual Studio 2019 [now natively supports this keyboard shortcut](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes#net-productivity) -- _Toggle Block Comment/Uncomment is now available through the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+/) or through **Edit > Advanced > Toggle Block Comment**. This command will add or remove block comments depending on what you have selected._ – Zev Spitz Jul 03 '19 at 04:00
Very good, thanks. However, VS is does not uncomment multiple blocks with empty lines in between, because it doesn't comments those lines and remains unawre of that. – Jonathan Root Nov 11 '22 at 18:39
To toggle comment, It's `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `/` in Resharper or Rider ( with the keymap of Visual Studio ) – Pars Jun 20 '23 at 12:31

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 21 '17 at 06:46

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In Visual Studio 2017 RC, simply Select the part of code you want and then press Ctrl + K + C , no need to any extension!

answered Feb 21 '17 at 06:46

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The OP is asking about Block Comments /**/ not single line comment //. – Vipresh Aug 16 '17 at 10:38
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In Visual Studio 2017 Community Ctrl + K + C does do a block quote. – Ryan Gibbs Oct 24 '17 at 18:07
I can confirm Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise edition also does block comments ( /*...*/) with Ctrl + K, Ctrl + C – Xander Nov 27 '17 at 11:02
can i customize this? – Alberto Acuña May 13 '19 at 17:06

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 19 '20 at 19:17

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VS 2019 I did

Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard

Type in Edit.ToggleBlockComment and add a keybinding. I chose shft + ctrl + /

Or you could put comment in the search box of the keyboard section and look at all your comment keybinding shortcut options.

answered Jun 19 '20 at 19:17

mjwrazor

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Dont see any Tools tab. Where is it? – Čamo May 28 '21 at 12:02
@Čamo if you don't have the Tools tab somehow you customized your tabs or you have a different version of Visual Studio, not Visual Studio Code. I am talking about Visual Studio. Also you can access the same options under Debug->Options->Environment->Keyboard – mjwrazor May 28 '21 at 14:35
Thanks a lot. I set it to ctrl+/. – mifth Feb 08 '22 at 22:06

score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 25 '21 at 11:30

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In Visual Studio Code that is called Toggle Block Comments

By default command is Shift + Alt + A

But you can customize as your own in Visual Studio Code. I did it ctrl + shift + /

Hope it might help

answered Jun 25 '21 at 11:30

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 13:27

To comment a block of code (more than one line) in VS select code with ALT (alt+mouse or alt+shift+arrows), and then comment with Ctrl+K Ctrl+C. With one line code only you don't need ALT.

So it's basically the same as with // comments, only ALT needs to be pressed while selecting code for more lines than one.

score 2 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 02 '22 at 00:45

Visual Studio 2019 & 2022 support commenting a line with Ctrl + Shift + /.

You can change it by modifying Edit.ToggleBlockComment.

If you change it to Ctrl + /, you may have to remove the shortcut for EditorContextMenus.CodeWindow.GenerateDocumentationComments, which uses the same keys.

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 31 '20 at 16:25

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Shift + Option + A - figured it out by going to Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts and searching "comment"

answered Jan 31 '20 at 16:25

Max Hudson

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 17 '23 at 00:43

Using @mjwrazor example I did a slight variation, that worked.

I was working on a Wix .wxs file and was trying to easily comment in and out like VSCode..

In VS 2022 I went to

Tools > Options > Environment > Keyboard

In the box "Show Commands Containing" type "Comment" and add a shortcut keys as follows:

Edit.CommentSelection (Fig. 1)
- Set Global ShortCut - Ctrl + /
- Click Assign
Edit.UncommentSelection
- Set Global ShortCut - Ctrl + Shift + /## Heading ##
- Click Assign

Job done, sigh, why does VS not just use the VSCode shortcuts.. This has been bugging me for ages, hope this helps.

Fig 1 Fig 2

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered May 04 '20 at 09:07

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You can now use Ctrl + Shift + A /* for block comments */

And Ctrl + ù // for line comments

answered May 04 '20 at 09:07

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this does not work – AnandShiva Feb 27 '23 at 18:29

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