Xcode 14 removes shortcut for comment selection on European keyboards

Question

Normally the shortcut is "⌘⇧/".

But being that "/" is on the "7" key on a Danish keyboard, this shortcut now opens the Help menu - ironically.

Manually adding it as a key binding does not help.

As far as I remember, the exact same thing happened last year with Xcode 13.

Just wondering why I couldn't comment a line anymore, changing Comment Selection to CMD+SHIFT+7 like in your screenshot, worked for me. I'm using an Italian keyboard. — Kazikal, Sep 13 '22 at 15:03
In Xcode 14.1, I'm not able to change shortcut at all. Do you have the same issue? — Bagusflyer, Dec 01 '22 at 02:18

adri567 · Answer 1 · 2022-09-14T12:24:43.057

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I had the same issue. I unchecked adapt to current keyboard. Now it's working as before. I am using a german keyboard.

edited Sep 14 '22 at 12:24

answered Sep 14 '22 at 10:58

adri567

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I think this one should be the accepted answer since the change doesn't affect all applications, is Xcode specific. – CSolanaM Sep 15 '22 at 21:47
It didn't work for me. – Zappel Sep 27 '22 at 08:25
@Zappel are you using a German keyboard? – adri567 Sep 27 '22 at 08:26
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It works on italian keywords too. Thanks. – papesky Sep 28 '22 at 07:00
@adri567 Danish – Zappel Sep 30 '22 at 14:53
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Thanks, I had this problem on a French keyboard where ⌘⇧/ sometimes correctly commented my selection and sometimes opened a test pane on XCode. This was driving me nuts. – Paul-Etienne Jun 22 '23 at 07:55

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '22 at 10:04

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Using a french AZERTY keyboard I was able to fix it by going to:

System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts tab > App Shortcuts > Uncheck Show help Menu in App Shortcuts

You'll still need to Manually add it as a key binding

answered Sep 14 '22 at 10:04

ahbou

The command is now ⌘ + ´. But I had to remove Show Help Menu like @ahbou pointed out and then change it back to ⌘ + SHIFT + / . – Thel Sep 14 '22 at 10:22
Thanks. This is the root cause of the problem, at least in my spanish keyboard – javi_swift Jan 24 '23 at 11:16

Brogrammer · Answer 3 · 2022-10-04T22:38:24.663

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That's true. The way to comment on a whole code selection has been changed in Xcode 14.

On Spanish keyboards works by pressing cmd + '.

edited Oct 04 '22 at 22:38

answered Oct 04 '22 at 22:34

Brogrammer

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 20 '22 at 03:02

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CMD + * worked for the Turkish keyboard.

answered Sep 20 '22 at 03:02

batuhangundogdu

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