Clearing output from Scala Worksheet

Question

Every-time you save a Scala Worksheet in the Scala IDE, the output of each expression is printed as comments on the right-hand side of the editor. Is there a way to clear this output from a Scala Worksheet so that you can cut and paste code?

Currently, my solution is to save my worksheet with an error, so that the output would disappear. There must be a better way... a keyboard shortcut or something.

Answer 1

There is no such feature yet. There is a related ticket: The Format action should strip comments.

Answer 2

While waiting for the ticket to be resolved, this regular expression can be used in Find/Replace (Ctrl/Cmd+F) to delete the comments.

 *//[>|].*$

Update: This has been fixed: #132

Answer 3

It's jerry-rigged, but gets the job done.

1. Make a small edit (e.g. delete a space where it doesn't matter) to prompt a save.
2. Save.
3. Press Esc immediately to terminate worksheet process.

You now have a clean worksheet!

Answer 4

Ctrl+Shift+C does the job in Scala IDE 4.7.0