How to collapse If, Else, For, Foreach, etc clauses?

Question

I get stuck sometimes with very long clauses and I am looking for a way that allows me to collapse them, same way as I can collapse classes, methods and namespaces by default.

Is there a Visual Studio extension that does that? neither ReSharper nor JustCode does allow it.

Thank you!

Solution 1

Try this plugin (C# Outline Extension):

• VS2010
• VS2012
• VS2013
• VS2015
• VS2017
• VS2019

Solution 2

Visual studio IDE gives an option to outline the if, for, foreach, while, switch case etc.

Just go to Visual Studio -> Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C\C++- > View and set Outline Statement Blocks to true.

In Visual Studio 2012+, the path is Visual Studio -> Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C\C++- > Formatting.

Solution 3

I use 2 Extensions:

C# outline 2013

and

Indent Guides

Solution 4

select the code you want to collapse and then press ctrl+M,ctrl+H. to disable it, press ctrl+M,ctrl+U, you can also right click on the selection, and there "Plan Mode" ( I'm not sure my VS is french )

Solution 5

You can use #region for collapsing if, else, for and other similar clauses.
Example:

#region foreach
foreach(/*conditions*/) 
{
    statement 1;
    statement 2;
    ..
    statement n;
}
#endregion

Now for collapse all use the shortcut ctrl+M,ctrl+O.

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Comments

[Moslem Ben Dhaou]

+1 Thank you for that answer, unfortunately I checked and nothing similar is available for the C# editor, therefore I cannot accept the answer. Thanks!

[dtmland]

While it applies to a different language, this answer still needs more love.

[gitsitgo]

Man, this is perfect. Makes me wonder how MS ignored such essential code editing functionality.

[Roshdy]

I installed it, then restarted VS 2013, but it didn't work, any suggestions?

[Tim Partridge]

2013 version: visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/…

[Ahmad Ghadiri]

That is pretty cool, specially for people who are using Visual Studio Express hence they can't use plugins, thanks!

[mkb]

VS2015 still need this extension

[mkb]

I don't think this a nice option, regions are there because code is hard to manage and move around, and since they don't make code look good enough I use this extension: I Hate #Regions

[Piotr Knut]

It's work. I use it before but I forgoten name this extenssion. Thank's.

[逍遥子k]

And there is C# outline 2019 for Visual Studio 2019 now.

[Johan Boulé]

Rename you .cs file to .cpp and you can do this.