Is it possible to customize the location of the comment symbol ('#' when using Python) in VSCode?
For example, if my code is:
def my_func():
value = 1
and I press CMD-/ on line 2, I get:
def my_func():
# value = 1
I would prefer to get:
def my_func():
# value = 1
Is there a way to modify the default behavior?
VSCode: 1.67.1
MacOS: 12.3.1
There is no built-in way to do that. You will need an extension. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/59448448/836330 for a previous answer using a different extension. Here is a better answer using an extension I made in the meantime, Find and Transform. But there are restrictions as noted below.
Make this keybinding (in your keybindings.json):
{
"key": "alt+/", // unfortunately, this cannot be ctrl+/
"command": "findInCurrentFile",
"args": {
{
"key": "alt+r",
"command": "findInCurrentFile",
"args": {
"preCommands": [
"cursorEnd",
"cursorHomeSelect",
"cursorHomeSelect"
],
"replace": "${LINE_COMMENT}${TM_CURRENT_LINE}",
"restrictFind": "line" // works on multiple lines, see the demo
},
"when": "editorLangId == python" // if you want to limit it to a language
},
}
You can use whatever keybinding you want, but not Ctrl+/ because then toggle off will not work.
Ctrl+/ will work to toggle off comments if you do not use it in the keybinding above to add comments.
Note: For this to work well you need to disable the following setting (which I have shown disabled for a particular language, python):
"[python]": {
"editor.comments.insertSpace": false
}
That goes into your settings.json.
