Finding Shortcuts in Aptana Studio 3.0 to Comment Code [closed]

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I can't find any shortcuts for comment my code in Aptana Studio 3.0. I need shortcuts both to comment individual lines and for commenting selected blocks of code.

Some have told me to try to comment with shortcut WIN + / on my Windows OS but that does not appear workable.

Dentoid answered 11/5, 2011 at 8:40 Comment(2)

Have you found it already? I have the same problem. – Tannen 5/1, 2012 at 14:39

Nope. In Aptana for Linux it works. Now I use OSX and Textmate :) – Dentoid 5/1, 2012 at 21:55

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It depends on which language you're writing in (is this CSS, Javascript, HTML?)

For Javascript:

Ctrl-/ to add or remove // for a single line of code, or for multiple selected lines.

The standard Java commenting shortcuts are:

Ctrl-/ to add/remove // for a single line of code, or for multiple selected lines.
Ctrl-shift-/ to add /* */ around selected code.
Ctrl-shift-J to add Javadoc comments.

You can always find out shortcuts by hitting Ctrl-shift-l, which will bring up a list of all currently available shortcuts. They will change depending on if you have anything selected, what type of file you're editing, etc. Look for "Add comments", "Toggle block comments", "Toggle JS comments", and so forth.

Orford answered 11/5, 2011 at 8:48 Comment(5)

Nice answer, but in my Aptana I only have comments for PyDev... Any shortcuts for comments don't exists :( I have downloaded Aptana from official site - why my IDE hasn't this shortcuts? – Dentoid 13/5, 2011 at 5:21

Have you installed PyDev as a separate plugin? Are you writing PHP files or HTML, or something else? – Orford 20/5, 2011 at 6:21

Yes, PyDev is installed. I don't know how - as separate or something else... – Dentoid 28/6, 2011 at 20:32

For what it's worth, while CTRL-SHIFT-L brings up a list of shortcuts commenting out shortcuts aren't listed (CTRL-SHIFT-/ and CTRL-/). At least, not for PHP. – Planetstruck 14/12, 2012 at 23:40

For anyone asking themselves why command+7 does not work on mac go to preferences->general->keys and select "toggle js comments" and make sure that "Javascript editor scope" is selected!!! This fixed the problem for me. – Paradise 11/6, 2014 at 9:0

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I was having the same problem, looks like the keyboard makes the shortcut Shift-Ctrl-/ and similar ones completely useless (for the slash character) and Aptana does not allow you to change those shortcuts.

I used Ctrl-7 and works for any type of code you are selecting, if you want to un-comment just repeat the command.

Chilopod answered 16/4, 2012 at 4:40 Comment(4)

Wow, amazing that this question and top answers were posted a year ago, and you just now you posted your answer -- amazing because I just now had this problem and the top answers didn't work for me, but this does (if I had had this problem yesterday instead I'd be out of luck). Thank you! – Dingy 16/4, 2012 at 15:46

Thanks for the tip. This worked for ruby code. FYI its Cmd-7 on Macs yo! – Caitlin 27/4, 2012 at 6:15

+1, how intuitive, should have known ctrl-7 would the obvious comment line(s) shortcut – Hallucinatory 26/7, 2013 at 17:54

The problem is that it is not block comment, and ctrl+shift+7, at least in my Aptana 3.4.1 over PC or Mac, doesn't work. – Hieratic 30/10, 2013 at 15:49

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It depends on which language you're writing in (is this CSS, Javascript, HTML?)

For Javascript:

Ctrl-/ to add or remove // for a single line of code, or for multiple selected lines.

The standard Java commenting shortcuts are:

Ctrl-/ to add/remove // for a single line of code, or for multiple selected lines.
Ctrl-shift-/ to add /* */ around selected code.
Ctrl-shift-J to add Javadoc comments.

You can always find out shortcuts by hitting Ctrl-shift-l, which will bring up a list of all currently available shortcuts. They will change depending on if you have anything selected, what type of file you're editing, etc. Look for "Add comments", "Toggle block comments", "Toggle JS comments", and so forth.

Orford answered 11/5, 2011 at 8:48 Comment(5)

Nice answer, but in my Aptana I only have comments for PyDev... Any shortcuts for comments don't exists :( I have downloaded Aptana from official site - why my IDE hasn't this shortcuts? – Dentoid 13/5, 2011 at 5:21

Have you installed PyDev as a separate plugin? Are you writing PHP files or HTML, or something else? – Orford 20/5, 2011 at 6:21

Yes, PyDev is installed. I don't know how - as separate or something else... – Dentoid 28/6, 2011 at 20:32

For what it's worth, while CTRL-SHIFT-L brings up a list of shortcuts commenting out shortcuts aren't listed (CTRL-SHIFT-/ and CTRL-/). At least, not for PHP. – Planetstruck 14/12, 2012 at 23:40

For anyone asking themselves why command+7 does not work on mac go to preferences->general->keys and select "toggle js comments" and make sure that "Javascript editor scope" is selected!!! This fixed the problem for me. – Paradise 11/6, 2014 at 9:0

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Check Commands > Source > Comments. A number of shortcuts are listed there.

Snazzy answered 1/7, 2011 at 13:4 Comment(2)

nice, but i can only click it, they don't work on keyboard :( – Dentoid 19/7, 2011 at 7:15

What version of Aptana Studio are you using, and is on on a foreign-language keyboard? The 3.0.3 release added some extra commands for toggling comments, which may work for you. – Snazzy 20/7, 2011 at 15:23

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