Code Folding

Item	Description
Show code folding outline	note This option is not available in the new UI. In the new UI, use the Show code folding arrows option instead. Select this checkbox if you want the code folding icons to be shown in the gutter. Clear the checkbox to hide the icons.
Show code folding arrows	note This option is available only in the new UI. In the classic UI, use the Show code folding outline option instead. Display code folding icons in the editor. From the list, select the way in which the icons for unfolded areas should be displayed: Always: code folding icons are always displayed in the gutter. On mouse hover: code folding icons appear only when you hover over the gutter. Gif Show bottom arrows: display the bottom folding arrows in the gutter as well. Otherwise, only the top arrows are shown.
Fold by default	Select the code fragments which should be folded by default, that is, when a file is first opened in the editor.

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Description

Show code folding outline

note
This option is not available in the new UI. In the new UI, use the Show code folding arrows option instead.

Select this checkbox if you want the code folding icons to be shown in the gutter. Clear the checkbox to hide the icons.

Show code folding arrows

note
This option is available only in the new UI. In the classic UI, use the Show code folding outline option instead.

Display code folding icons in the editor.

From the list, select the way in which the icons for unfolded areas should be displayed:

Show bottom arrows: display the bottom folding arrows in the gutter as well. Otherwise, only the top arrows are shown.

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

	Original	Folded
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 For more information, refer to Use the Surround With action.	`//<editor-fold desc="Folding region"> function foo() { bar(); } foo(); //</editor-fold>`	`Folding region`

	Original	Folded
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...>;`

	Original	Folded
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;`

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

	Original	Folded
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:"/>`

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