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How can I add JSP comments (instead of HTML comments) in Eclipse? [message #991116]

Mon, 17 December 2012 12:08

Paul Waite

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Registered: December 2012

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When editing JSP pages in Eclipse, I can comment out the current line or selected block with HTML comments using the keyboard shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+/:

<!-- -->

However, in JSP files, I usually want to use a JSP comment instead:

<%-- --%>

Is there a way to add these comments with a keyboard shortcut instead/as well?

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Re: How can I add JSP comments (instead of HTML comments) in Eclipse? [message #991404 is a reply to message #991116]

Tue, 18 December 2012 22:28

Nick Sandonato

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hi Paul,

Unfortunately, there are no explicit keybindings for switching between the styles of comments used in a JSP file.

Instead, the keybinding for Ctrl+Shift+/ is overloaded in JSPs. If the selected region includes JSP-specific syntax (scriptlets, custom tags, etc.), Ctrl+Shift+/ inserts the JSP comment. So for example, <div><c:out value="test"></c:out></div> will be wrapped entirely in a JSP comment.

On the other hand, content that is not JSP-specific will use regular comments. For example, <div></div> will be wrapped in the typical HTML-style comment.

It changes once again to use Java-style comments, if only the Java content of a scriptlet is selected.

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