IntelliJ, disable cursor moving after commenting a line with a shortcut?

Question

If I comment out or in a line with Ctrl+/ in IntelliJ 14 the cursor moves a line down. How can I disable that?

Answer 1

You cannot disable that, however you can define a macro.

1. Start with Edit | Macros | Start Macro Recording
2. Press Ctrl+/ to comment out current line
3. Press Up to move caret to that line again
4. End with Edit | Macros | Stop Macro Recording

The caret will return to the same logical position as before, just as expected.

You can assign that macro to any keyboard shortcut you like: Settings | Keymap | Macros

Answer 2

workaround with no macros: if you select the line or a single character from the line, and then comment out, the caret will stay at same position.