Is there a quick way to fold and unfold comments in xcode 7?

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Is there a quick way to fold and unfold a block of comments in xcode 7?

While I'm trying out new code I like to keep different versions of a "solution" until I decide which one is my favorite and delete the rejected material.

possible duplicate of [How can I fold blocks of comments in Swift using Xcode the way I do it in Visual Studio?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32573269/how-can-i-fold-blocks-of-comments-in-swift-using-xcode-the-way-i-do-it-in-visual) — Eric Aya, Sep 15 '15 at 09:50

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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The ability to Fold & Unfold code blocks is set to OFF within Xcode 7.

Steps to change this:

Select Xcode (top left)
Choose Preferences
Navigate to Text Editing (center)
Tick the option Code folding ribbon

Once you've done this, you'll be able to collapse the comments, along with blocks of code.

I hope this helps!

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edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 23 '15 at 07:21

ChrisHaze

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Thanks for this - this was default ON for me then all of a sudden turned OFF. Was looking for your solution. – Craig.Pearce May 03 '16 at 04:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 29 '16 at 15:03

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Code-folding block comments does not work in Xcode 7 - 7.2.1 in Swift files.

You can, however, hack it by using an empty closure to surround the comments. This will also work with multiple line comments too.

_ = { /* Comment
      myCommented.code
      */ }

Definitely a hack, but could save you lots of scrolling around.

answered Feb 29 '16 at 15:03

Daniel Asher

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Thank you Daniel. This looks like a practical way of doing it until Apple releases a fix. – remedy Mar 04 '16 at 00:37

Is there a quick way to fold and unfold comments in xcode 7?

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The ability to Fold & Unfold code blocks is set to OFF within Xcode 7.

Steps to change this: