Clearing output from Scala Worksheet

Question

Every-time you save a Scala Worksheet in the Scala IDE, the output of each expression is printed as comments on the right-hand side of the editor. Is there a way to clear this output from a Scala Worksheet so that you can cut and paste code?

Currently, my solution is to save my worksheet with an error, so that the output would disappear. There must be a better way... a keyboard shortcut or something.

Revamp

If the answer turns out to be no, please submit a feature request. That's definitely something we should have. – Stumpf

Answer 1

There is no such feature yet. There is a related ticket: The Format action should strip comments.

Heins

Thanks for opening a ticket Iulian. – Revamp

Answer 2

While waiting for the ticket to be resolved, this regular expression can be used in Find/Replace (Ctrl/Cmd+F) to delete the comments.

 *//[>|].*$

Update: This has been fixed: #132

Evilminded

Answer 3

It's jerry-rigged, but gets the job done.

1. Make a small edit (e.g. delete a space where it doesn't matter) to prompt a save.
2. Save.
3. Press Esc immediately to terminate worksheet process.

You now have a clean worksheet!

Burg

Answer 4

Ctrl+Shift+C does the job in Scala IDE 4.7.0

Walling

Answer 5

Alt+Shift+A enables Block selection mode. You will be able to select only left part of screen (columns with code). Block mode also makes possible to select only columns with output.

More on block selection mode

Taxiplane