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November 11, 2025
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Typing # gives ## - fine for writing code but not for editing. How do I turn it off.

Correct answer Charlie Arehart

@judo1, now that you've clarified that you mean the old CF Builder on Eclipse (retired in 2024, last updated for CF2018), the steps to do what you want are under the Preferences menu (which on the Windows version is under the "Window" menu), as:

Preferences>ColdFusion>Profiles>Editor>Typing

You'll see the first section there is "Typing Preferences" and within that is a subsection "Auto-insert matching character for", with an option for "Pound Sign (#)". Screenshot below.

Uncheck that, then click "Apply and Close". Try typing a # now. It should no longer auto-add another. I've confirmed it works, without need to reload the editor. Let us know if it works for you.

Charlie Arehart

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@judo1, now that you've clarified that you mean the old CF Builder on Eclipse (retired in 2024, last updated for CF2018), the steps to do what you want are under the Preferences menu (which on the Windows version is under the "Window" menu), as:

Preferences>ColdFusion>Profiles>Editor>Typing

You'll see the first section there is "Typing Preferences" and within that is a subsection "Auto-insert matching character for", with an option for "Pound Sign (#)". Screenshot below.

Uncheck that, then click "Apply and Close". Try typing a # now. It should no longer auto-add another. I've confirmed it works, without need to reload the editor. Let us know if it works for you.

/Charlie (troubleshooter, carehart. org)

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Thanks, Charlie and BKBK. I had got as far as the Cold Fusion tab in Preferences but I did not dig deep enough.

BKBK

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What software is this about: CF Builder on Visual Studio Code?

Or Adobe ColdFusion Builder 2018?

judo1Author

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CF Builder

BKBK

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I assume you mean CF Builder on Visual Studio Code. I shall also assume you're on Windows.

You can switch off #-auto-pairing in Visual Studio Code, either for the editor, in general, or just for your particular workspace (which I recommend). You can do so by enabling the auto-pairings you need, but excluding #-auto-pairing.

The steps are:

In Visual Studio Code, press the keys CTRL + SHIFT + P to open the Command Palette.
Scroll down the list and select the option "Preferences: Open Workspace Settings (JSON)".
The current workspace settings (the default) should be something like:
```
{"folders":[],"settings":{}}
```

Replace that JSON with:

{
    "folders": [],
    "settings": {
        "[AdobeCFML]": {
            "editor.autoClosingPairs": [
                { "open": "\"", "close": "\"" },
                { "open": "'", "close": "'" },
                { "open": "(", "close": ")" },
                { "open": "[", "close": "]" },
                { "open": "{", "close": "}" },
                {
                    "open": "<",
                    "close": ">",
                    "notIn": ["string"]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

You will have noticed that # is not among the settings. That is the essence of the solution.

Press the keys CTRL + S to save the settings.
Test by stopping and restarting Visual Studio Code, opening a CFM or CFC file in your workspace, and typing code that contains #.

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