Command to collapse all sections of code?

Asked 2023-09-21 08:09:37 View 722,390

In Visual Studio, is there a command to collapse/expand all the sections of code in a file?

Answers

CTRL + M + O will collapse all.

CTRL + M + L will expand all. (in VS 2013 - Toggle All outlining)

CTRL + M + P will expand all and disable outlining.

CTRL + M + M will collapse/expand the current section.

CTRL + M + A will collapse all even in Html files.

These controls are also in the context menu under Outlining.

Right click in editor -> Outlining to find these controls. (After disabling outlining, use same steps to enable outlining.)

For outlining options: Go to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Advanced -> Outlining for outlining options.

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Advanced -> Outlining Right-click > Outlining menu

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

  • You can also right click in the editor an select: Outlining -> Toggle All Outlining - anyone
  • ctrl+m ctrl+o is "collapse to definitions" which doesn't work when editting an xml file. For me ctrl+m ctrl+l expands all and collapses all (as toggle), but not always. I have one file open where it works and one where it only expands all, but not collapse all. Both are xml files. No idea why. - anyone
  • Just to inform (though this is pretty old): ctrl + m + o only collapses all FUNCTIONS, not the classes (or regions etc). ctrl +m + L will toggle expanding, collapsing everything. - anyone
  • For what it's worth, these work in Visual Studio 2012 as well - anyone
  • In VisualStudio 2013 ctrl+M+L toggles collapse state, ctrol+M+O doesn't do anything (HTML VIEW) - anyone

The following key combinations are used to do things:

CTRL + M + M → Collapse / Expand current preset area (e.g. Method)

CTRL + M + H → Collapse / Hide (Expand) current selection

CTRL + M + O → Collapse all(Collapse declaration bodies)

CTRL + M + A → Collapse all

CTRL + M + X → Expand all

CTRL + M + L → Toggle all

There some options in the context menu under Outlining.

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

  • Ctrl-M,L is Toggle all, but definitely the Ctrl-M,A and Ctrl-M,X are the ones I was looking for... - anyone
  • Very nice idea to remember easily. - anyone
  • how can you have "ctrl-M-M" ?? There is only one M key. - anyone

CTRL + M + L expands all

CTRL + M + O collapses all

In the MSDN article "Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio," see the section "Text Editor" if you're looking for other shortcuts - these 2 are just a few of the many that are available.

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

  • As I commented in the top answer, ctl+m+o collapses to definition which doesn't work for xml files. ctl+m+l should toggle it, but for me it sometimes does and sometimes doesn't. - anyone
  • Normal pages the crtl+m+o collapse, the JScript outling is backwards, for mine, crtl+m+o expands, and the crtl+M+l expands. - anyone

CTRL+M expands region.

CTRL+L collapses region.

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  • But it is only useful command when using js outlining extension, and I have 1000+ lines js file, this shortcut is a** saver! - anyone
  • AND WORKS FOR XML! WOOO HOOO!! (+1 purely for technical reasons; i'd gladly pay you some rep :) This is going into my regular cheatsheet - anyone
  • Fold/Unfold the current code block – Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M
  • Unfold all – Ctrl+M, Ctrl+L
  • Stop outlining – Ctrl+M, Ctrl+P
  • Fold all – Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O

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In Visual Studio 2017, It seems that this behavior is turned off by default. It can be enabled under Tools > Options > Text Editors > C# > Advanced > Outlining > "Collapse #regions when collapsing to definitions"

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

CTRL + M + A collapses all

works for me, whereas

CTRL + M + O

does not

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Press

CTRL + A

Then

CTRL + M + M

To compress all, including child nodes, in XML-files.

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In Visual Studio 2013:

CTRL + M + A collapses all

CTRL + M + L expands all

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

If you mean shortcut then

CTRL + M + M: This one will collapse the region your cursor is at whether its a method, namespace or whatever for collapsing code blocks, regions and methods. The first will collapse only the block/method or region your cursor is at while the second will collapse the entire region you are at.

http://www.dev102.com/2008/05/06/11-more-visual-studio-shortcuts-you-should-know/

Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

Below are all what you want:

  • Collapse / Expand current Method

CTRL + M + M

  • Collapse / Expand current selection

CTRL + M + H

  • Collapse all

CTRL + M + O

CTRL + M + A

  • Expand all

CTRL + M + X

CTRL + M + L

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Are you refering to the toggle outlining?

You can do: Control + M then Control + L to toggle all outlining

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To collapse all use:

Ctrl + M and Ctrl+A

All shortcuts for VS 2012/2013/2015 available at http://visualstudioshortcuts.com/2013/

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None of these worked for me. What I found was, in the editor, search the Keyboard Shortcuts file for editor.foldRecursively. That will give you the latest binding. In my case it was CMD + K, CMD + [.

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  • Thanks. This is probably the latest shortcut that works - anyone

if you want to collapse and expand particular loop, if else then install following plugins for visual studio.

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Answered   2023-09-21 08:09:37

Collapse All - Ctrl + M + O

Expand All - Ctrl + M + L

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In case of ugrading to Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013 or 2015, there's a Visual Studio extension to show current registered keyboard shortcuts, IntelliCommand.

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Visual Studio can help you find the answer to your question in a couple of different ways.

Type Ctrl + Q to access Quick Launch, and then enter "collap". Quick Launch will display something like:

Menus (1)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O)
NuGet Packages (1)
    Search Online for NuGet Packages matching 'collap'

From there, enter "outlining" to find other menu entries related to outlining:

Menus (5)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle Outlining Expansion (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle All Outlining (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+L)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Outlining (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+P)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Hiding Current (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+U)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O)
Options (4)
    Text Editor -> Basic -> VB Specific (Change outline mode, Automatic inser...
    ...

However, note that Quick Launch will show you only those commands that are available as Visual Studio menu entries. To find other keyboard-related commands related to collapsing sections of code, in the Visual Studio menu bar click:

Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard

This will display the keyboard section in the Options dialog box. In the "Show commands containing" text box, enter "edit.collap". Visual Studio will display a list that is something like:

Edit.CollapseAllincurrentblock    
Edit.CollapseAllOutlining           Ctrl+M, Ctrl+A (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapseBlockcurrentblock
Edit.CollapseCurrentRegion          Ctrl+M, Ctrl+S (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapseTag                    Ctrl+M, Ctrl+T (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions          Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O (Text Editor)

You'll need to click each command to see its associated keyboard shortcut.


My examples taken from Visual Studio 2013.

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In Visual Studio 2019:

Go to Tools > Options > Keyboard.

Search for Edit.ToggleAllOutlining

Use the shortcut listed there, or assign it the shortcut of choice.

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In short, through "Tools … Settings":

In short through tools settings

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For outlining options: Go to Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Advanced -> Outlining for outlining options.

There's an option for regions.

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If you want to collapse/expand an area within a class/method (instead of collapsing the entire class/method), you may create custom regions as follow:

 #region AnyNameforCollapsableRegion

 //Code to collapse

 #endregion 

Reference

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  • This is not at all what regions are for. Regions are for maintainability and readability in code and should be used to group like methods, classes, etc. - anyone