[visual-studio] Visual Studio Expand/Collapse keyboard shortcuts

In Visual Studio, if I have a code file open, I can press CTRL + M or CTRL + M + O to collapse all code blocks, regions, namespaces, etc.

How to I do the opposite and expand everything?

I have Googled this, but cannot seem to find a shortcut that works!

You can use Ctrl + M and Ctrl + P

It's called Edit.StopOutlining

I have always wanted Visual Studio to include an option to just collapse / expand the regions. I have the following macros which will do just that.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports System.Diagnostics
' Macros for improving keyboard support for "#region ... #endregion"
Public Module CollapseExpandRegions
' Expands all regions in the current document
  Sub ExpandAllRegions()

    Dim objSelection As TextSelection ' Our selection object

    DTE.SuppressUI = True ' Disable UI while we do this
    objSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection() ' Hook up to the ActiveDocument's selection
    objSelection.StartOfDocument() ' Shoot to the start of the document

    ' Loop through the document finding all instances of #region. This action has the side benefit
    ' of actually zooming us to the text in question when it is found and ALSO expanding it since it
    ' is an outline.
    Do While objSelection.FindText("#region", vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsMatchInHiddenText)
        ' This next command would be what we would normally do *IF* the find operation didn't do it for us.
        'DTE.ExecuteCommand("Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion")
    Loop
    objSelection.StartOfDocument() ' Shoot us back to the start of the document
    DTE.SuppressUI = False ' Reenable the UI

    objSelection = Nothing ' Release our object

  End Sub

  ' Collapses all regions in the current document
  Sub CollapseAllRegions()
    Dim objSelection As TextSelection ' Our selection object

    ExpandAllRegions() ' Force the expansion of all regions

    DTE.SuppressUI = True ' Disable UI while we do this
    objSelection = DTE.ActiveDocument.Selection() ' Hook up to the ActiveDocument's selection
    objSelection.EndOfDocument() ' Shoot to the end of the document

    ' Find the first occurence of #region from the end of the document to the start of the document. Note:
    ' Note: Once a #region is "collapsed" .FindText only sees it's "textual descriptor" unless
    ' vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsMatchInHiddenText is specified. So when a #region "My Class" is collapsed,
    ' .FindText would subsequently see the text 'My Class' instead of '#region "My Class"' for the subsequent
    ' passes and skip any regions already collapsed.
    Do While (objSelection.FindText("#region", vsFindOptions.vsFindOptionsBackwards))
        DTE.ExecuteCommand("Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion") ' Collapse this #region
        'objSelection.EndOfDocument() ' Shoot back to the end of the document for
        ' another pass.
    Loop
    objSelection.StartOfDocument() ' All done, head back to the start of the doc
    DTE.SuppressUI = False ' Reenable the UI

    objSelection = Nothing ' Release our object

  End Sub
End Module

EDIT: There is now a shortcut called Edit.ToggleOutliningExpansion (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M) for doing just that.

Go to Tools->Options->Text Editor->c#->Advanced and uncheck the first checkbox Enter outlining mode when files open.

This will solve this problem forever

As you can see, there are several ways to achieve this.

I personally use:

Expand all: CTRL + M + L

Collapse all: CTRL + M + O

Bonus:

Expand/Collapse on cursor location: CTRL + M + M

Visual Studio 2015:

Tools > Options > Settings > Environment > Keyboard

Defaults:

Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions: CTRL + M + O

Edit.CollapseCurrentRegion: CTRL + M +CTRL + S

Edit.ExpandAllOutlining: CTRL + M + CTRL + X

Edit.ExpandCurrentRegion: CTRL + M + CTRL + E

I like to set and use IntelliJ's shortcuts:

Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions: CTRL + SHIFT + NUM-

Edit.CollapseCurrentRegion: CTRL + NUM-

Edit.ExpandAllOutlining: CTRL + SHIFT + NUM+

Edit.ExpandCurrentRegion: CTRL + NUM+

For collapse, you can try CTRL + M + O and expand using CTRL + M + P. This works in VS2008.