Command to collapse all sections of code

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In Visual Studio is there a command to collapse expand all the sections of code in a file

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Visual Studio can help you find the answer to your question in a couple of different ways.

Type Ctrl + Q to access Quick Launch, and then enter "collap". Quick Launch will display something like:^†

Menus (1)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O)
NuGet Packages (1)
    Search Online for NuGet Packages matching 'collap'

From there, enter "outlining" to find other menu entries related to outlining:

Menus (5)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle Outlining Expansion (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+M)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle All Outlining (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+L)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Outlining (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+P)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Hiding Current (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+U)
    Edit -> Outlining -> Collapse to Definitions (Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O)
Options (4)
    Text Editor -> Basic -> VB Specific (Change outline mode, Automatic inser...
    ...

However, note that Quick Launch will show you only those commands that are available as Visual Studio menu entries. To find other keyboard-related commands related to collapsing sections of code, in the Visual Studio menu bar click:

Tools -> Options -> Environment -> Keyboard

This will display the keyboard section in the Options dialog box. In the "Show commands containing" text box, enter "edit.collap". Visual Studio will display a list that is something like:

Edit.CollapseAllincurrentblock    
Edit.CollapseAllOutlining           Ctrl+M, Ctrl+A (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapseBlockcurrentblock
Edit.CollapseCurrentRegion          Ctrl+M, Ctrl+S (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapseTag                    Ctrl+M, Ctrl+T (Text Editor)
Edit.CollapsetoDefinitions          Ctrl+M, Ctrl+O (Text Editor)

You'll need to click each command to see its associated keyboard shortcut.

^† My examples taken from Visual Studio 2013.

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Ctrl M expands region   Ctrl L collapses region

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Fold Unfold the current code block     Ctrl M  Ctrl M Unfold all     Ctrl M  Ctrl L Stop outlining     Ctrl M  Ctrl P Fold all     Ctrl M  Ctrl O

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CTL   M   A collapses all  works for me  whereas   CTL   M   O  does not

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In Visual Studio 2017  It seems that this behavior is turned off by default  It can be enabled under Tools   Options   Text Editors   C    Advanced   Outlining    Collapse  regions when collapsing to definitions

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To collapse all use    Ctrl    M and Ctrl A  All shortcuts for VS 2012 2013 2015 available at http   visualstudioshortcuts com 2013

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In case of ugrading to Visual Studio 2010  2012  2013 or 2015  there s a Visual Studio extension to show current registered keyboard shortcuts  IntelliCommand

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The following key combinations are used to do things   CTRL   M   M  rightarrow  Collapse   Expand current preset area  e g  Method    CTRL   M   H  rightarrow  Collapse   Hide  Expand  current selection  CTRL   M   O  rightarrow  Collapse all Collapse declaration bodies    CTRL   M   A  rightarrow  Collapse all   CTRL   M   X   rightarrow  Expand all   CTRL   M   L  rightarrow   Toggle all  There some options in the context menu under Outlining

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Collapse All - Ctrl    M    O  Expand All - Ctrl    M    L

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In Visual Studio 2013   CTL   M   A collapses all  CTL   M   L expands all

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CTL   M   L expands all  CTL   M   O collapses all  In the MSDN article  Default Keyboard Shortcuts in Visual Studio   see the section  Text Editor  if you re looking for other shortcuts - these 2 are just a few of the many that are available

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Press  CTL   A  Then  CTL   M   M  To compress all  including child nodes  in XML-files

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Are you refering to the toggle outlining   You can do  Control   M then Control   L to toggle all outlining

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None of these worked for me  What I found was  in the editor  search the Keyboard Shortcuts file for editor foldRecursively  That will give you the latest binding  In my case it was CMD   K  CMD

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if you want to collapse and expand particular loop  if else then install following plugins for visual studio    VS2010 VS2012 VS2013 VS2015

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If you mean shortcut then  CTRL   M   M  This one will collapse the region your cursor is at whether its a method  namespace or whatever for collapsing code blocks  regions and methods  The first will collapse only the block method or region your cursor is at while the second will collapse the entire region you are at   http   www dev102 com 2008 05 06 11-more-visual-studio-shortcuts-you-should-know

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If you want to collapse expand an area within a class method  instead of collapsing the entire class method   you may create custom regions as follow     region AnyNameforCollapsableRegion     Code to collapse    endregion    Reference

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CTRL   M   O will collapse all  CTRL   M   L will expand all   in VS 2013 - Toggle All outlining  CTRL   M   P will expand all and disable outlining  CTRL   M   M will collapse expand the current section  CTRL   M   A will collapse all even in Html files  These controls are also in the context menu under Outlining  Right click in editor - gt  Outlining to find these controls   After disabling outlining  use same steps to enable outlining   For outlining options  Go to Tools - gt  Options - gt  Text Editor - gt  C  - gt  Advanced - gt  Outlining for outlining options

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Below are all what you want    Collapse   Expand current Method   CTRL   M   M   Collapse   Expand current selection   CTRL   M   H   Collapse all   CTRL   M   O  CTRL   M   A   Expand all   CTRL   M   X  CTRL   M   L

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In Visual Studio 2019    Go to Tools   Options   Keyboard   Search for Edit ToggleAllOutlining  Use the shortcut listed there  or assign it the shortcut of choice

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