In Sublime Text 2 it was possible to comment out a line or a block of lines with Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+Shift+/. According to the menu Edit > Comment these shortcuts should be valid, but in Sublime Text 3 (build 3047) they no longer seem to work. Does anybody know the right default keyboard shortcuts for Linux and MacOS? Or is it a bug?
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It seems a bug: http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11157&start=0
As a workaround, go to Preferences->Key Bindings - User and add these keybindings (if you're using Linux):
{ "keys": ["ctrl+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } } Update: This also works on Windows 8 (see @Sosi's comment)
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sublime.log_commands(True) again and press Ctrl+/ and Ctrl+Shift+/, do you still get the move_to_group and focus_group commands?toggle_comment {"block": false} and toggle_comment {"block": true}. Somehow the block:true command irritated me, it does not seem to work well. The block:false command works as expected.You can add the following lines to Preferences / Key Bindings - User:
{ "keys": ["control+keypad_divide"],"command": "toggle_comment", "args": {"block": false} }, { "keys": ["shift+control+keypad_divide"],"command": "toggle_comment", "args": {"block": true}} This is how I sorted the problem out - replacing "ctrl" with "control" and "/" with "keypad_divide".
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control and keypad_divide?This is a keyboard internationalisation issue.
On a standard US QWERTY keyboard, as used in Australia where Sublime Text is made, / is readily available: 
This is not the case with many other keyboards. Take for example the German QWERTZ keyboard. One needs to hit SHIFT+7 to get a /. This is why commenting does not work properly on these keyboards. 
Changing the user keybindings to those listed below, will work for the German QWERTZ keyboard.
{ "keys": ["ctrl+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+7"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } } If the problems are occurring with still a different keyboard layout, change the keybindings accordingly.
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U can fix this bug by:
[ { "keys": ["ctrl+keypad_divide"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+keypad_divide"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }, ] it allow to comment with CTRL+/ and CTRL+SHIFT+/ and u can use / on keypad =)
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I'm under Linux too. For me, it only works when I press CTRL+SHIFT+/, and it's like a single comment, not a block comment. The reason is to acceed the / character, I have to press SHIFT, if I do not, sublime text detects that I pressed CTRL + :.
Here it is my solution to get back normal preferences. Write in Key Bindings - User :
{ "keys": ["ctrl+:"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } },{ "keys": ["ctrl+shift+:"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }
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On OSX Yosemite, I fixed this by going System Preferences, Keyboard, then Shortcuts. Under App Shortcuts, disable Show Help menu which was bound to CMD+SHIFT+7.

My keyboard layout is Norwegian, with English as the OS language.
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In my notebook keyboard, a ABNT 2, I can use the CTRL+; shortcut as the default comment action for blocks and lines. The same shortcut to uncomment.
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I prefer pressing Ctrl + / to (un)comment the current line. Plus, I want the cursor to move down one line, thus this way I can (un)comment several lines easily. If you install the "Chain of Command" plugin, you can combine these two operations:
[ { "keys": ["ctrl+keypad_divide"], "command": "chain", "args": { "commands": [ ["toggle_comment", { "block": false }], ["move", {"by": "lines", "forward": true}] ] } } ] Comments
If the shortcut ctrl+?, ctrl+shift+? or ctrl+/ is not working, try switching to another, like ctrl+1, ctrl+shift+1, it worked for me.
{ "keys": ["ctrl+1"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": false } }, { "keys": ["ctrl+shift+1"], "command": "toggle_comment", "args": { "block": true } }
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On my mac the shortcut is ⌘cmd + / which makes multi line comment but as single lines:
// if ($username && $password) { // echo "You are good to go"; // } else { // echo "Fields cannot be blank"; // } OR
⌥ alt + ⌘cmd + / and it's result is overall comment, from beggining of the selection to the end.
/* if ($username && $password) { echo "You are good to go"; } else { echo "Fields cannot be blank"; } */ Comments
In case anyone has had further issues with Sublime 3 on Windows 7, the above suggestions all did not work for me. However, when I 1 - reran the app as administrator and 2 - highlighted, and chose Edit -> Comment -> toggle comment, afterwards I was able to use a user preferences set keybinding to toggle comments. I don't really have an explanation for why it worked, except that it did.
sublime.log_commands(True)and pressCtrl+/andCtrl+Shift+/. What do you get in the console output?Cmd-/, notCtrl-/.command: move_to_group {"group": 6}for Ctrl+Shift+/ andcommand: focus_group {"group": 6}for Ctrl+/