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Code Folding

Use this page to specify the default code folding settings. For shortcuts on how to expand or collapse code elements, refer to the code folding section.

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Show code folding outlineSelect this checkbox if you want the code folding toggles to be shown in the editor. Clear the checkbox to hide the toggles.
Fold by default

Select the code fragments which should be folded by default, that is, when a file is first opened in the editor.

Fold by Default section

In this section, choose the language-specific elements that should be folded by default when you open a file of the corresponding type.

General

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File header

Applies to Header comment blocks.

<?php /** * Start the application * * This function processes the request and * sends the response back to the browser. */ function start(){ };
<?php /*** Start the application ...*/ function start(){ };

Imports

Applies in non-PHP contexts such as JavaScript.

import defaultExport from "module-name"; import * as name from "module-name"; import { foo , bar } from "specific/file"; import "module-name"; var promise = import("module-name");
import ... var promise = import("module-name");
Documentation comments
/** * User constructor. * @param $name * @param $age */ function __construct($name, $age) { $this->_age = $age; $this->_name = $name; }
/** User constructor. ...*/ function __construct($name, $age) { $this->_age = $age; $this->_name = $name; }

Method bodies

Applies in non-PHP contexts such as JavaScript.

class User { constructor(name) { this.name = name; } get name() { return this._name; } set name(value) { this._name = value; } }
class User { constructor(name) {...} get name() {...} set name(value) {...} }

Custom folding regions

See Use the Surround With action for details.

//<editor-fold desc="Folding region"> function foo() { bar(); } foo(); //</editor-fold>
Folding region

JavaScript

OriginalFolded
One-line functions in JavaScript and TypeScript
var obj = { id: 1, timer: function timer() { setTimeOut(() => { console.log(this); console.log(this.id); }, 1000); } };
var obj = { id: 1, timer: function timer() { setTimeOut(() => {...}, 1000); } };
Object literals
var myObject = { a: 'value', b: 2, c: false };
var myObject = {a: 'value'...};
Array literals
var myArray = [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ];
var myArray = [...];
XML literals
var html = <html> <p id="p1">First paragraph</p> <p id="p2">Second paragraph</p> </html>;
var html = <html...>;

PHP

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Class body
class Foo { public function bar() { } }
class Foo {...}
Imports
use App\User; use App\Controllers\Controller; class MyClass() { }
use ... class MyClass() { }
Method body
class Foo { public function bar() { echo 'baz'; } }
class Foo { public function bar() {...} }
Function body
<?php function foo($bar) { echo $bar; }
<?php function foo($bar) {...}
Tags
<html> <body> <?php echo '<p> PHP output </p>'; ?> </body> </html>
<html> <body> <?php...?> </body> </html>
HEREDOC/NOWDOC
<?php echo <<<'Label' Example of a nowdoc string. Label;
<?php echo <<<'Label'...Label;

SQL

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Put underscores inside numeric literals (6-digit or longer)
DECLARE @i BIGINT = 1000000000;
DECLARE @i BIGINT = 1_000_000_000;

XML

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XML Tags
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <phpunit> <testsuite name="MyTestSuite"> <directory>tests</directory> </testsuite> </phpunit>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <phpunit...>
HTML 'style' attribute
<html> <body> <h1 style="color:blue;"> Heading </h1> <p style="color:red;"> Paragraph </p> </body> </html>
<html> <body> <h1 style="..."> Heading </h1> <p style="..."> Paragraph </p> </body> </html>
XML entities
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p> Enclose a tag in < and > </p> </body> </html>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p> Enclose a tag in < and > </p> </body> </html>
Data URIs
<img src="data:image/png; base64, 2P4//8/w38gljNBAAO9TXL0Y4O"/>
<img src="data:"/>
Last modified: 14 May 2021