How do I uncomment lines in an XML file using Notepad++

Question

I can comment lines easily enough with Ctrl+Shift+Q. How do I uncomment the lines? Ctrl+Shift+K doesn't do it.

Answer 1

The Notepad++ comment/uncomment functionality is not really intuitive. Here's a list of the comment shortcuts and related operations that Notepad++ provides:

• Ctrl-Q
  Toggle line comment on current line / selection

• Ctrl-Shift-Q
  Create block comment on current line / selection (no toggle!)

• Ctrl-K
  Create line comment on current line / selection

• Ctrl-Shift-K
  Remove line comment from current line / selection

Now, since XML only has block comments and no line comments, the only way to create a comment is to use Ctrl-Shift-Q and there is no way to remove a comment as Notepad++ does not provide a Remove block comment feature.

Igor

Answer 2

If you have the XML Tools plug-in, you can use the following shortcuts for block commenting/uncommenting:

• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C — comment selection

• Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R — uncomment selection.

As for the Ctrl+Shift+K shortcut not working, you should probably report the problem to the Notepad++ developer.

Edit: Looks like the standard Block comment (Ctrl+K), Block uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+K) and Toggle block comment (Ctrl+Q) commands don't work with XML at all. (I'm using v. 5.5 by the way.)

Answer 3

Ctrl-Q uncomment on current line / selection

Ctrl-K comment on current line / selection

Answer 4

I had the situation to remote comments from a properties / ini file.

used the reg expression ^.#.$ to search and replace with blank (see here http://www.shareaschnitzel.com/delete-a-line-containing-certain-string-or-text/ )

next steps remote blank lines.

This might help you to remove comment from a text file