I’m working on an HTML document where I need to comment out multiple lines of code. However, the issue arises because some of the lines already contain the sequence –>, which causes the browser to interpret the comment as ending prematurely. This breaks the intended comment block.
Here’s an example of my code:
<!--
<div>
<p>This is some text.</p>
<p>This is another line with --> a problematic comment inside.</p>
<p>And here's more text.</p>
</div>
-->
The browser sees the –> in the second
tag as the end of the comment, which breaks the structure.
Question:
How can I properly comment out such sections of HTML where the content already contains –> without breaking the comments? Are there any best practices, tools, or workarounds to handle this efficiently, especially when dealing with a large HTML file?
2
Answers
You can highlight the block of text you wish to comment out and then use the (command + /) on mac or (ctrl + /) on windows to comment it
In my opinion, I think the best way would be to end comments prematurely and for large files, I don’t think there’s a smart tool to do the job.