CLion 2021.3 Help

Code folding

Folded code fragments are shown as shaded ellipses (Folded fragment). If a folded code fragment contains errors, CLion highlights the fragment in red.

Refer to Code folding for more details.

Command

Shortcut

Description

Expand

Ctrl+NumPad +

Expand the current collapsed fragment.

Collapse

Ctrl+NumPad -

Collapse the current folding region.

Expand Recursively

Ctrl+Alt+NumPad +

Expand the current folded fragment and all the subordinate collapsed folding regions within that fragment.

Collapse Recursively

Ctrl+Alt+NumPad -

Collapse the current folding region and all the subordinate folding regions within it.

Expand All

Ctrl+Shift+NumPad +

Expand all collapsed fragments within the selection, or, if nothing is selected, expand all the collapsed fragments in the current file.

Collapse All

Ctrl+Shift+NumPad -

Collapse all folding regions within the selection, or, if nothing is selected, collapse all the folding regions in the current file.

Expand to level | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5

  • Ctrl+NumPad *, 1

  • Ctrl+NumPad *, 2

  • Ctrl+NumPad *, 3

  • Ctrl+NumPad *, 4

  • Ctrl+NumPad *, 5

Expand the current fragment and all the nested fragments up to the specified level.

Expand all to level | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5

  • Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *, 1

  • Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *, 2

  • Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *, 3

  • Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *, 4

  • Ctrl+Shift+NumPad *, 5

Expand all the collapsed fragments in the file up to the specified nesting level.

Fold Selection / Remove region

Ctrl+.

Collapse the selected fragment and create a custom folding region for it to make it "foldable" / Expand the current fragment and remove the corresponding custom folding region to make the fragment "unfoldable".

Last modified: 13 September 2021