Procedure Folding is a great way to temporarily hide clutter in your editor.

First of all go to menu Tools > Preferences > Editor and ensure that Procedure Folding is enabled.


In the code Editor, click on the minus (-) to the left of the procedure to fold it. All text in the procedure will now be hidden, with just the procedure declaration and a plus sign (+) visible.

In the past this has worked …. now it will not work ?
the "-" shows up but when I click on it nothing happenes.
could it be related to the components I have chosen ?

Try [Ctr]+[Alt]+[Enter] to fold all the routines, or [Ctr]+[Enter] for a single routine.

All working fine here on 3.16.3 Stable.

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That works … thanks

That makes the program seem much more manageable   

grayghost4 said

…In the past this has worked …. now it will not work ?
the "-" shows up but when I click on it nothing happens…

Yes I'm sure its changed. You now need to hold down <shift> while clicking the + or -

stevedee said

Yes I'm sure its changed. You now need to hold down <shift> while clicking the + or -

I have just tried again, and I don't need the [Shift] key, just a click on the minus sign does the job.

cogier said

…just a click on the minus sign does the job.

Thanks Charlie, there must be something odd about my system…and I've already changed the original Did You Know post!

edit: actually, if grayghost4  has the same problem, then its not just me.

 Could it because using gtk  vs. QT

I am using gtk

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The same thing happens to me intermittently.
I've been searching for a common factor for several months but can't find anything.
Sometimes restarting the Gambas instance helps, sometimes a full reboot helps.

Have been working on the same project over a long period of time, and when it happens, the Ctl-Enter solution always works as the fall-back.
Given that it's the same project and the components haven't changed since the start, logic would dictate that it's not a GTK / QT thing.

For any given project, you will have a .settings file in the project folder.
At the bottom of this file, will be a [OpenFile] entry. This shows all open files in the GUI and their fold settings.
This is a copy of a current project of mine.
The folder number as shown is the 'blank' number that has the displayed line between code Subs & Functions.
With this example line [ File[7]=".src/Cls_ToolBox_Folders.class:3.56" ] I'm not sure what the '3.56' relates to ?


I've tried to find something wrong, but it all appears to be working as it should be. All the forms/line numbers match up.
I have a feeling that it's in the code directly related to the GUI editor.

Quincunxian said

With this example line [ File[7]=".src/Cls_ToolBox_Folders.class:3.56" ] I'm not sure what the '3.56' relates to ?

Cursor position i think

 Yeah I thought that too, but when I checked, the cursor was on a different line.
There may be some 'offset' involved though.

I placed the cursor at line 130 at column 2, then did a full save.
This is the line in the file : File[4]=".src/Cls_ToolBox_Forms.class:37.209"
Moved the tab in GUI and that had no effect either.

{working on this while posting}

Set the cursor to 1:372
Closed the Gambas instance then reopened it and the cursor was set to an offset of 1 on each.
File[3]=".src/Cls_ToolBox_Forms.class:2.373"

So it is a cursor position, but only updates when closing the instance - which appears a bit strange.
I also tried setting the cursor position to somewhere else, saving and then closing the tab for the class.
The cursor appears when I left it when opening the file for edit again - which means that is being saved elsewhere.
The .settings file was unchanged - seems to be a state save when the Gambas GUI interface is closed.