How do I fold or collapse sections of code in Visual Studio Code?
Is this feature supported?
Folding has been rolled out and is now implemented since Visual Studio Code version 0.10.11. There are these keyboard shortcuts available:
Fold folds the innermost uncollapsed region at the cursor:
Ctrl + Shift + [ on Windows and Linux
⌥ + ⌘ + [ on macOS
Unfold unfolds the collapsed region at the cursor:
Ctrl + Shift + ] on Windows and Linux
⌥ + ⌘ + ] on macOS
Fold All folds all regions in the editor:
Ctrl + K, Ctrl + 0 (zero) on Windows and Linux
⌘ + K, ⌘ +0 (zero) on macOS
Unfold All unfolds all regions in the editor:
Ctrl + K, Ctrl + J on Windows and Linux
⌘ + K, ⌘ + J on macOS
References: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/keybindings
As of Visual Studio Code version 1.12.0, April 2017, see Basic Editing > Folding section in the docs.
The default keys are:
Fold All: CTRL+K, CTRL+0 (zero)
Fold Level [n]: CTRL+K, CTRL+[n]*
Unfold All: CTRL+K, CTRL+J
Fold Region: CTRL+K, CTRL+[
Unfold Region: CTRL+K, CTRL+]
*Fold Level: to fold all but the most outer classes, try CTRL+K, CTRL+1
Macs: use ⌘ instead of CTRL (thanks Prajeet)
Also see the ability to fold any arbitrary lines of code as of Insiders v1.70. That is any lines you select can be folded!
See https://stackoverflow.com/a/72954133/836330 for the command and demo.
Create Manual Folding Range from Selection
editor.createFoldingRangeFromSelection
This is bound to the above create command: Ctrl+K Ctrl+,
Remove Manual Folding Ranges
editor.removeManualFoldingRanges
This is bound to the above remove command: Ctrl+K Ctrl+.
Code folding by regions has arrived with v1.17. Folding by regions documentation. And v1.19 and 1.23.
[Generally you can add a space, for example // region and // endregion to //region and //endregion and it will also work.]
TypeScript/JavaScript: //#region and //#endregion or // #region and // #endregion
C#: #region and #endregion
C/C++: #pragma region and #pragma endregion
F#: //#region and //#endregion
PowerShell: #region and #endregion
Python: #region and #endregion
VB: #Region and #End Region
PHP: #region and #endregion
Bat: ::#region and ::#endregion or REM #region and REM #endregion
Markdown: <!-- #region --> and <!-- #endregion -->
Golang //region and //endregion or //#region and //#endregion
Java //#region and //#endregion
CSS/SCSS/Less: /* #region */ and /* #endregion */ or /*#region*/ and /*#endregion*/
SCSS/Less: // #region and // #endregion
Go: // region, // endregion and // #region, // #endregion
shellscript: # region and # endregion
Perl5 #region and #endregion or =pod and =cut
sql --#region and --#endregion
Important: If you don't see your language in the list ::
Each language also has snippets available for the markers. Type '#' and invoke code completion to see them. To have region markers configured for your language, contact the language extension provider.
So type # and then Ctrl+Space to see the region markers for any language.
This feature is available in the standard build now. To make the collapse/expand controls appears, you need to mouse over the area just to the right of the line numbers as shown in this screenshot:
You should add user settings:
{
"editor.showFoldingControls": "always",
"editor.folding": true,
"editor.foldingStrategy": "indentation",
}
ctrl + k + 0 : Fold all levels (namespace , class , method , block)
ctrl + k + 1 : namspace
ctrl + k + 2 : class
ctrl + k + 3 : methods
ctrl + k + 4 : blocks
ctrl + k + [ or ] : current cursor block
ctrl + k + j : UnFold
The default shortcut for collapse/extend are:
Ctrl + Shift + [ : "Fold"
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + [ : "Fold all"
Ctrl + Shift + ] : "Unfold"
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ] : "Unfold all"
Or go to keybindings.json and change as you wish.
For example:
{
"key": "cmd+k cmd+m",
"command": "editor.foldAll",
"when": "editorFocus"
},
{
"key": "cmd+m cmd+k",
"command": "editor.unfoldAll",
"when": "editorFocus"
},
If none of the shortcuts are working (like for me), as a workaround you can also open the command palette (Ctrl + 3 or View -> Command Palette...) and type in fold all:
Collapsing is now supported in release 1.0:
Source Code Folding Shortcuts
There are new folding actions to collapse source code regions based on
their folding level.
There are actions to fold level 1 (Ctrl+K Ctrl+1) to level 5 (Ctrl+K
Ctrl+5). To unfold, use Unfold All (Ctrl+Shift+Alt+]).
The level folding actions do not apply to region containing the
current cursor.
I had a problem finding the ] button on my keyboard (Norwegian layout), and in my case it was the Å button. (Or two buttons left and one down starting from the backspace button.)
With JavaScript:
//#region REGION_NAME
...code here
//#endregion
This is the latest built-in(default) keyboard shortcuts for folding and unfolding the code
vscode Keyboard shortcut
Ctrl+Shift+[ Fold (collapse) region
Ctrl+Shift+] Unfold (uncollapse) region
Ctrl+K Ctrl+[ Fold (collapse) all subregions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+] Unfold (uncollapse) all subregions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+0 Fold (collapse) all regions
Ctrl+K Ctrl+J Unfold (uncollapse) all
Nb: But in some cases, your vs code extension or user will alter the keyboard binding(shortcut). So best option that Checks like this
view->command palette OR cntrl+shift+p
type "fold" .It will suggest the fold and unfold and there shortcut. You can type that shortcut instead of command-palette
eg:
Fold All
UnFold All
Just press ctrl + shift + p, and then type 'fold'.
all keybinds about (un)fold will be shown.
If ctrl k does not work, probably it's because the vim extension overrides the key.
in this case, you should modify settings.json (press ctrl + shift + p, and then type 'settings' ) with
"vim.handleKeys": {
"<C-k>": false,
},
This feature is now supported, since Visual Studio Code 1.17. To fold/collapse your code block, just add the region tags, such as //#region my block name and //#endregion if coding in TypeScript/JavaScript.
Example:
v1.42 is adding some nice refinements to how folds look and function. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/vnext/release-notes/v1_42.md#folded-range-highlighting:
Folded Range Highlighting
Folded ranges now are easier to discover thanks to a background color
for all folded ranges.
Fold highlight color Theme: Dark+
The feature is controled by the setting editor.foldingHighlight and
the color can be customized with the color editor.foldBackground.
"workbench.colorCustomizations": {
"editor.foldBackground": "#355000" }
Folding Refinements
Shift + Click on the folding indicator first only folds the inner
ranges. Shift + Click again (when all inner ranges are already folded)
will also fold the parent. Shift + Click again unfolds all.
When using the Fold command (kb(editor.fold))] on an already folded
range, the next unfolded parent range will be folded.
No technical tips here, just simple adjustments of the preferences of VsCode.
I managed to show code folding controls always in VsCode by going to Preferences and searching for 'folding'. Now just select to always show these controls. This works with the Typescript code and HTML of templates in the Angular 8 solution I tested it with.
This was tested with VsCode Insiders 1.37.0 running on a Windows 10 OS.
Here is the most common useful default keymap of VSCode. And you cab easily customize them with your own keymap. CTRL + K and then:
Fold All: CTRL + 0
Unfold All: CTRL + J
Fold Region: CTRL + [
Unfold Region: CTRL + ]
Fold Level 1: CTRL+ 1
Fold Level 2: CTRL+ 2
Fold Level 3: CTRL+ 3
Fold Level 1: CTRL+ 4
As of version 1.3.1 (2016-07-17), Block Collapse is much more convenient.
Any line followed by an indented line will have a '-' character to allow collapse. If the block is collapsed, it will then be replaced by a '+' character that will open the collapsed block.
The (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + ]) will still affect all blocks, closing one level. Each repeated use closed one more level. The (Ctrl + Shift + Alt + [) works in the opposite way.
Hooray, block collapse finally works usefully.
to fold/unfold current block use (ctrl+k)+(ctrl+l)
VSCode extension: Fold Level, one key fold to the level you want.
Note: these shortcuts only work as expected if you edit your keybindings.json
I wasn't happy with the default shortcuts, I wanted them to work as follow:
Fold: Ctrl + Alt + ]
Fold recursively: Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Alt + ]
Fold all: Ctrl + k then Ctrl + ]
Unfold: Ctrl + Alt + [
Unfold recursively: Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Alt + [
Unfold all: Ctrl + k then Ctrl + [
To set it up:
Open Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON) (Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + p)
Add the following snippet to that file
Already have custom keybindings for fold/unfold? Then you'd need to replace them.
{
"key": "ctrl+alt+]",
"command": "editor.fold",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+alt+[",
"command": "editor.unfold",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+alt+]",
"command": "editor.foldRecursively",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+alt+[",
"command": "editor.unfoldRecursively",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+k ctrl+[",
"command": "editor.unfoldAll",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+k ctrl+]",
"command": "editor.foldAll",
"when": "editorTextFocus && foldingEnabled"
},
On a Mac, it's the RHS Command key, ⌘K, not the left for the code folding commands.
Otherwise the left hand Command key will delete the current line, ⌘K.
I wish Visual Studio Code could handle:
#region Function Write-Log
Function Write-Log {
...
}
#endregion Function Write-Log
Right now Visual Studio Code just ignores it and will not collapse it.
Meanwhile Notepad++ and PowerGUI handle this just fine.
Update: I just noticed an update for Visual Studio Code. This is now supported!
Or, if you want to remove the folding buttons, for extra space:
"editor.folding": false
(add to your settings.json file)
The command K + command 0 does not work.
More info here: region extensionhttps://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=maptz.regionfolder
After installing the extension and using python, it works like this:
# region ARBITRARY_REGION_NAME
code goes here...
# endregion
Also, selecting the desired area, use Ctrl+M+Ctrl+R.(that is: first hit and hold Ctrl, then hit m, let go m, then hit r, and let go all)
I would like to hold
alt + spacebar + U for the up key
alt + spacebar + H for the left arrow key
alt + spacebar + J for the right arrow key
alt +spacebar + N for the down arrow
is this possible to do with AutoHotkey?
Hello and welcome to AutoHotkey,
you might want to have a look at the basic introduction to the heart of AHK, Hotkeys:
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm
Configuring hotkeys which do nothing but send another key is fairly simple. For example, alt + spacebar for the up key could be translated into
!Space::
send {up}
return
(note that alt is a modifier and can be written as !)
or short form:
!Space::send {up}
spacebar + U for the up key would be Space & U::send {up}.
But you are seeking for 2 keys PLUS a modifier (alt). For a hotkeylabel triggered by more than just two keys (alt + space + u), you'll need a workaround:
!Space:: ; once alt + space was pressed, ...
while(getKeyState("alt") || getKeyState("space") || getKeyState("u")) { ; ... while either of these is being pressed down, ...
hotKey, *u, altSpaceU, ON ; u should now send {up}
}
hotKey, *u, altSpaceU, OFF
return
altSpaceU: ; note: this is a label, no hotkey
send {up}
return
Please, don't be undeterred by this. AutoHotkey is actually quite powerful and easy to learn. Sadly, (afaik) this is the only working way to solve more-than-two-key-hotkeys.
EDIT
jesus why didnt anybody tell me..
#if getkeystate("alt")
!space::send {up}
#if
is obviously a way better solution
this was the solution
!Space::
send {up}
return