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Notepad++ has commands to fold/unfold all the document. Is that possible to select some of the lines and fold/unfold only the blocks lying inside the selection?

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Any notepad++ plugin which enables this capability?

Eduardo Poço
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Sorry but Notepad++ don't haves that option.

It has a similar option called "Hide lines"

  1. Select the text you want to hide
  2. Right button click
  3. Select Hide Lines.

Instead of a + symbol you will see two blue arrows showing there are some lines hidden.

NetVicious
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    Well, I want the lines inside the blocks to be invisible, but I need the first and last lines of each block to be visible, so I know there is a block there. I just don't want the details to clutter the view. – Eduardo Poço Sep 13 '16 at 18:21
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    I know what you need, but Notepad++ don't has that option. Just don't select first and last line of the block you want to hide using my answer ;-) – NetVicious Sep 14 '16 at 08:19
  • I would have to do it to each block, so it will be the same as folding one by one – Eduardo Poço Sep 14 '16 at 13:45
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Notepad++ folding mechanism detects parts of the documents that are enclosed in braces {}. Whatever lines are enclosed in braces can be folded and unfolded using the '+' and '-' handles on the left, next to line numbers. You can have nested folds as well!

Pranav
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    No, I do not want to click every +/- symbol, I want to select some lines and do the folding/unfolding of those parts automatically. – Eduardo Poço Sep 06 '16 at 22:00
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    how about `view > Fold all (alt-0)` or `view > Unfold all (alt-shift-0)` to fold or unfold all in selection? Also for more control can also use `View > Collapse Current Level` or `View > Uncollapse Current Level` – Joshua Klein Sep 13 '16 at 20:58
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    fold/unfold all works on the whole document regardless of selection – Eduardo Poço Sep 14 '16 at 13:51
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    Old post, but @JoshuaKlein was on the right track. Click inside the node you want to collapse and then choose View > Collapse Current Level. That's not the selected area, but it's a heck of a lot closer than clicking every single '-' icon. – StevoInco Feb 06 '18 at 14:38
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Ctrl-clicking a fold point (+/-) will recursively unfold/fold all blocks inside it.

Landon Mitchell Kanner
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Change the Language to C# or Java or JavaScript to enable collapsing comments and brackets.

  1. Menu option: Language - C - C# (or use shortcut - Alt, L, C, C, Enter)

  2. Then try these out:

     /*hello
 hello
 */

 {hello
 hello
 }
Suraj Rao
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Ian Harcourt-Smith
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I have discovered that, if your code blocks are folded and you hit Enter and then select Undo, NPP will unfold only the code block where the cursor is. I use this trick in macros.

Bob G
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Save the file as a .cs and use {} as the beginning and ending of each section you wish to collapse.

Scubastco
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