Reputation: 81538

How to comment or uncomment code in Textmate 2

How do I comment or uncomment code in Textmate 2?

I came across How do I use a shortcut to comment out code automatically in Textmate? , but it's for Textmate 1.x, and "Bundles" > "Source" > "Comments" doesn't have "Comment line".

I'm using TextMate 2.0-beta.7.1.

I recall disabling command + / because it was causing problems while working on Rails apps, but I assumed that would just disable the keyboard shortcut, not the ability to comment and uncomment lines.

Upvotes: 2

Answers (2)

Yohan W. Dunon

Reputation: 530

In TextMate 2.0.19 you can comment, or uncomment, a line or selection with the shortcut Cmd (⌘) + /.

If this shortcut doesn't work for you, you can do it like this :

Select Bundles in the menu bar
Select Source
Select Comments
Select Comment line

Happy coding 🖖

TIPS

Define a new shortcut for comment or uncomment

If the native shortcut doesn't work for you, define a new one like this :

Select Bundles in the menu bar
Select Edit Bundles...
Select Source
Select Menu Actions
Select Comments
Select Comment Line / Selection
Click on Key Equivalent
Type your shortcut
Close the Bundles editor
A prompt will ask you to confirm your changes
Test it!

Others useful shortcuts

Insert Block Comment : Option (Alt, ⌥) + Cmd (⌘) + /
Insert Comment Banner: Select the word or text you want to use as a banner and Ctrl (⌃) + Shift (⇧) + B
Insert Comment Header ( This will insert the name of the script and some useful details): You have to define it 😅 because in my case it was empty... I defined it with Ctrl (⌃) + Shift (⇧) + N

Use Help in TextMate 😉

Select Help in the menu bar
type "comment"

This will brings you directly to the option comment line. I suggest doing that first because in most cases, you will find the answer.

Upvotes: 1

Graham P Heath

Reputation: 7399

Bundles -> Source -> Menu Actions -> Comments -> Comment Line

Is that what you're looking for?

Upvotes: 0