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JRHans09
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Ctrl + / not working for commenting in DAX

I am no longer able to use Ctrl + / as a keyboard shortcut to comment out sections of code in DAX. Any ideas why this is happening? I have upgraded to the latest version (Oct 2018). After the upgrade, I am now seeing line reference numbers next to each line of code, as well (though maybe this existed previous to Oct update, but I do not remember seeing it). Maybe the two are unrelated, but regardless, it seems that I am not able to use comment keyboard shortcuts. Ultimately, it does not prevent continuing, because manual insert of // still works, but less efficient.

 

Thanks.

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That would be my guess. 



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Eri99
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For me it worked the combination : Ctrl #

markus_zhang
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I think this is a bug. I'm pretty sure, with the most recent version, Ctrl + / still works 5 minutes ago, because I'm testing two pieces of code to see which one is more efficient, so I have to Ctrl + / a lot. Somehow it stops working suddenly. Alt+SHIFT+A still works but unable to remove comments added with Ctrl + /

 

Update:

It comes back and I figured out what happened.

Basically when you select the rows to comment/uncommet, you cannot select the full top row. For the top row and top row only you have to select the part starting from //, you cannot select the full row. If you select the full row, the color sometimes changes from blue to grey, as if focus leaves the editor.

Greg_Deckler
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Huh, never knew that worked before.

 

https://powerbi.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-bi-desktop-october-2018-feature-summary/#daxEditor

 



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Alt + Shift + A used to work, as well. Neither are working, now. Any idea if these were removed or written over with new keyboard shortcuts?

That would be my guess. 



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Cheers. Thanks.

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