IntelliJ, disable cursor moving after commenting a line with a shortcut?
workaround with no macros: if you select the line or a single character from the line, and then comment out, the caret will stay at same position.
You cannot disable that, however you can define a macro.
- Start with
Edit | Macros | Start Macro Recording - Press Ctrl+/ to comment out current line
- Press Up to move caret to that line again
- End with
Edit | Macros | Stop Macro Recording
The caret will return to the same logical position as before, just as expected.
You can assign that macro to any keyboard shortcut you like: Settings | Keymap | Macros
The solution mentioned by Dmitry Batrak on the YouTrack forum worked for me.
Go to Settings > Advanced Settings. In the Editor section, deselect "Move caret down after Comment with Line Comment action".
The macro method in the accepted answer is not required anymore.