Proposal: Ability not to auto-close comments

As far as I can tell this is not currently available.

Oftentimes I need to comment out blocks of code and use /** and immediately a */ auto inserted resulting in one extra step. Not a huge deal by any means, but it would be a nice added feature to be able to turn off auto-closures on comments. Or maybe even in the configs an array of chars not to close? If nobody else feels this way though, probably not worth the effort. I suppose I am looking for input on this feature.

[FereBlanco]

Try this:

Open the extensions directory (\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions)

There open your languaje directory (C# for example, \csharp)

Edit the language configuration file (language-configuration.json)

From “autoClosingPairs” group delete the line for the comments: { “open”: “/*”, “close”: " */", “notIn”: [“string”] }

Save the file. It’s worling for me.

[RcSepp]

Could somebody just fix this already please? It is extremely annoying, having to type “/*” with the key sequence [/ * DEL DEL DEL].

Also, for the future I would recommend implementing the rule that all newly added auto-closing features need to …

1. be disable-able by configuration.
2. be disabled by default.

After all, in software engineering projects, adding new features that change the behavior in a way that requires adaption from the user (as is clearly the case here) should be avoided if possible and should only happen during mayor releases.