Turning off Eclipse XML editor's comment autocomplete

[wimxa]

When I open the XML file and open the comment (by typing <!--) it
automatically adds a closing tag: -->

This is fine until you really want to comment something already
existing. For example:
<tag1>
<tag2>
</tag2>
</tag1>

will be turned into:
<!-- -->tag1>
<tag2>
</tag2>
</tag1>

by typing !-- after the first >. Any way to disable this? Ctrl+space
is nice, but I don't like this automatic behavior.

 

[voorth]

When I open the XML file and open the comment (by typing <!--) it
automatically adds a closing tag: -->

This is fine until you really want to comment something already
existing. For example:
<tag1>
<tag2>
</tag2>
</tag1>

will be turned into:
<!-- -->tag1>
<tag2>
</tag2>
</tag1>

by typing !-- after the first >. Any way to disable this? Ctrl+space
is nice, but I don't like this automatic behavior.

In the preferences panel, go to the "Web and XML/XML Files/Templates"
entry.
There is a "comment" template with the value "<!--${cursor}-->" that
can be changed to a more friendly form.