Is it possible to create hidden comments in eclipse?

[Codeless]

I have started to comment more on code however I find this gets messy. I think a lot of my comments are unnecessary but I still want them in case I forget something

So a feature I think would be useful is hidden comments, for example you want to comment about a section of code - keep this comment shown like a normal comment. but now you want a *lower level of abstraction* and comment an individual line. you only want to see this comment when the you click show, because unlike the normal comment you only want to see this when you are inspecting beyond the general comment

so I think having two different level of comments would be ideal for abstracting code on two different levels, having the benefit of looking at it neat with just the section comments and then showing the lower level comments when you want it

like all ideas I'm sure its already been done. so is there something like this in eclipse?

[JosAH]

Right click in the left margin, next to the first line of your comment; select 'folding>enable folding'; you can hide or show your comment with the small plus or minus sign.

kind regards,

Jos

[Codeless]

I have folding enabled but I can't seem to hide comments. I can do this with methods with the sign described but there doesn't seem to be anyway to hide the comment line, or comment on the line unless I've missed something

[JosAH]

Go to Window>Preferences>Java>Editor>Folding and select 'fold comments'.

kind regards,

Jos

[Codeless]

I did as you said and its enabled now, it wasn't before, however no option appears to show up. I tried // and /* comments but the little minus symbol doesnt appear - or anything else

there is an option to collapse comments that shows up when you right click the margin but this has no effect (even if comments highlighted) and was there before I enabled the thing

[DarrylBurke]

I don't use Eclipse, but you probably need to use doc comments that open with /** and close with */ (note that the opening has two asterisks, not one).

db