[vba] How to comment and uncomment blocks of code in the Office VBA Editor

In the VBA editor of Office (ALT + F11), how do you comment or uncomment a block of code?

Steps to comment / uncommented

Press alt + f11/ Developer tab visual basic editor view tab - toolbar - edit - comments.

1. Right-click on the toolbar and select Customize...
2. Select the Commands tab.
3. Under Categories click on Edit, then select Comment Block in the Commands listbox.
4. Drag the Comment Block entry onto the Menu Bar (yep! the menu bar)
   Note: You should now see a new icon on the menu bar.
5. Make sure that the new icon is highlighted (it will have a black square around it) then
   click Modify Selection button on the Customize dialog box.
6. An interesting menu will popup.
   Under name, add an ampersand (&) to the beginning of the entry.
   So now instead of "Comment Block" it should read &Comment Block.
   Press Enter to save the change.
7. Click on Modify Selection again and select Image and Text.
8. Dismiss the Customize dialog box.
9. Highlight any block of code and press Alt-C. Voila.
10. Do the same thing for the Uncomment Block or
    any other commands that you find yourself using often.

Or just click View, ToolBars, Edit. Then you can select a block of code and then click the Comment or Uncomment toolbar button to do everything in one click.

As an aside, you can Tab/Shift+Tab a block of selected text also. When I was a noobie, I didn't know that for a long time and would do them one line at a time.

Good Luck!

Have you checked MZTools?? It does a lot of cool stuff...

If I'm not wrong, one of the functionalities it offers is to set your own shortcuts.

After adding the icon to the toolbar and when modifying the selected icon, the ampersand in the name input is specifying that the next character is the character used along with Alt for the shortcut. Since you must select a display option from the Modify Selection drop down menu that includes displaying the text, you could also write &C in the name field and get the same result as &Comment Block (without the lengthy text).

There is a built-in Edit toolbar in the VBA editor that has the Comment Block and Uncomment Block buttons by default, and other useful tools.

If you right-click any toolbar or menu (or go to the View menu > Toolbars), you will see a list of available toolbars (above the "Customize..." option). The Standard toolbar is selected by default. Select the Edit toolbar and the new toolbar will appear, with the Comment Block buttons in the middle.

*This is a simpler option to the ones mentioned.

An easy way to add buttons to Comment or Un-Comment a code block is:

• Go to View-Toolbars-Customise
• Select the Command tab
• Select the Edit Category on the left
• Drag the “Comment Block” and “Uncomment Block” icons onto your toolbar.

With MZ-Tools installed, I comment/uncomment blocks in VBE by using the keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Alt+C (MZ-Tools default)