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Toggle a line comment

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Windows Desktop app Eclipse IDE default key scheme

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In Eclipse IDE, Ctrl + Slash will toggle a line comment. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Java editor

Where this comes from

List of Key Bindings - Eclipse help

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Comment lines with line comments Android Studio Cmd + /
Add or remove a single line comment DBeaver Ctrl + /
Toggle a line comment Chrome DevTools Cmd + /
Toggle a comment Godot Engine Cmd + K
Toggle a line comment IntelliJ IDEA Cmd + /
Toggle a single line comment Notepad++ Ctrl + Q
Comment or uncomment a line Power BI Desktop Ctrl + /
Comment or uncomment lines RStudio Cmd + Shift + C
Comment out the selection SQL Server Management Studio Ctrl + K then Ctrl + C
Toggle a line comment Sublime Text Cmd + /
Toggle line comments Visual Studio Ctrl + /
Toggle a line's comment state Visual Studio Code Cmd + /

More Eclipse IDE shortcuts

Indent the line Ctrl + I
Format the code Ctrl + Shift + F
Organize the imports Ctrl + Shift + O
Add an import Ctrl + Shift + M
Rename the element Alt + Shift + R
Move the element Alt + Shift + V
Inline the element Alt + Shift + I
Extract a method Alt + Shift + M

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