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GaryBartlett · **Joined:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:58 pm **Posts:** 4

I would love to be able to click a button to expand all code-blocks and another - or the same one to collapse them all. It is so much easier to navigate through a long file, if the code-blocks are collapsed - but very tedious to have to collapse all of them at the start. Unless there is already a way to do it?
Thanks very much.
'Love CodeLobester!
Gary

Admin · **Joined:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:18 pm **Posts:** 3931

Hi, Gary.

Please, use ctrl+shift+'-' and ctrl+shift+'+' for it.

Regards,
Codelobster Team.

atlantiz8 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:17 am **Posts:** 4

Yes very much agree on the collapse block which is really helpful.

But there's 1 thing I noticed, codelobster doesn't really collapse the nested block.

eg:

Code:

function test(){

   if(){
      SUPER LONG CODE
   }
   else{
      ALSO SUPER LONG
   }

}

after collapse all blocks, when i expand function test, the if else blocks are not collapse

any ways to collapse all (including nested) blocks?

Admin · **Joined:** Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:18 pm **Posts:** 3931

Hi.

Yes, Codelobster collapse only external blocks,
otherwise it will be not comfortable work for long source files.

Regards.
Codelobster Team.

mithcd · **Joined:** Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:55 am **Posts:** 51

Count me in on this please. This would be helpful in being efficient for every task that we work on.

atlantiz8 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:17 am **Posts:** 4

Admin Wrote:

Hi.

Yes, Codelobster collapse only external blocks,
otherwise it will be not comfortable work for long source files.

Regards.
Codelobster Team.

Admin, maybe you're right. But this doesn't happen for my case, almost half of my code has this structure. So without collapsing internal blocks this feature is not really helpful for me :cry:

Code:

(function ($) {
   function test1(){

   }
   function test2(){

   }
})(jQuery);

Kostas_p · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:02 pm **Posts:** 2

In addition to what the previous user posted:

There are php class files with hundreds of functions all inside a class. For example in a database or a web-service stump class. 'Collapse all' function of Codelobster collapses the 1st level = the class (particularly the whole file) which has no use for the programmer who mainly wants to collapse all functions to be able to find the one that needs further editing. It could be useful if one could adjust the level of 'collapse all' by a setting in the preferences or by repeatedly using Ctrl + '-'.

For example in the following code if i use Ctrl+ '-' everything will collapse seeing only the class name and when i hit the '+' next to the collapsed block i will see again the whole file fully expended (possibly thousand lines down):

Code:

class Database{
// SECTION 1
function connect(){
...
}

function disconnect(){
..
}

// SECTION 2
function queryA{
...
}

function queryB{
...
}

//SECTION ?
...

function queryZ{
...
}

}

atlantiz8 · **Joined:** Tue Jun 25, 2013 8:17 am **Posts:** 4

Actually I figured out some kind of 'work-around'.

Code:

class A{
Function 1(){}
Function 2(){}
}

To get all child function collapse, I comment the parent {} bracket and wait for a few seconds then "Collapse All". If after a few seconds code lobster have not detected the code structure changes, manually add a

Code:

if(){
}

Structure to trigger the code structure update.

Hope this helps.

Kostas_p · **Joined:** Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:02 pm **Posts:** 2

Thanks. That is indeed faster than collapsing hundred functions one by one.

But I still believe it would be better if there is an improvement to the built-in functionality.

kleelof · **Joined:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:13 pm **Posts:** 4

Okie, I just downloaded the latest version because the features look great.

But the 'ctrl+shift+ + or - does NOT work at all.

How can I collapse things?

kleelof · **Joined:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:13 pm **Posts:** 4

Well, after extensive searching, I found that the key combo has changed to a cumbersome 4 KEY!!

And, even then, it does not collapse all the blocks; only the outer most block.

That is really disappointing. You guys have done a great job, from what I've seen so far, hard to believe this is not at least an option to close ALL blocks if you want.

I just took a quick look at the other messages in this thread. I see the last one was 2 years ago, and others were asking for the same feature. And it does not appear to be implemented still.

Okie. So I guess I'm just talking to a wall here.

Hello wall.

CodeLobster IDE

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