Group and collapse long code - Like in Visual Studio (#Region)

Helios · July 2014

Hello;

As a lot of you probably know, ones code files can easily become cluttered with code. I would love to be able to group and collapse these groups of code to have something more readable.

If you're unsure of what I mean, take a look at Visual Studio's "#Region" thing.

Thanks & best regards
- Marcus

keszegh · July 2014

try zerobrane studio ide as your development enviroment.

Helios · July 2014

try zerobrane studio ide as your development enviroment.

So are you saying that I should use ZeroBrane Studio because it actually has this feature, or that I should try it out to see if it has the feature? Because I haven't been able to find anything on it.

keszegh · July 2014

i think you might not be able to make your own groups but logical groups of the code can be collapsed (like a for cycle, a function or a class, etc).
also you can put a { at the beginning and } at the end of the part you want to group and then this will also be collapsible.

i recommend you to try it, it's free and small.
http://studio.zerobrane.com/

Platypus · July 2014

In Gideros Studio, you can collapse a block (such as a function or a multiline comment) by clicking the minus sign beside it.

Perhaps the following technique would be suitable:

Before the block you want to collapse:

function collapsibleBlock1()

After the block you want to collapse:

end
collapsibleBlock1()

Sample Pictures:

keszegh · July 2014

indeed, gideros ide can do that too, also instead of defining a dummy function, just putting { ... } should work too.

Platypus · July 2014

That's MUCH simpler!

Nice one.

Platypus · July 2014

Collapsed Blocks:

Helios · July 2014

Thanks for the suggestions! There's a problem though,- when I use the "{ & }", my code won't run without errors. Gideros's IDE says it's an unexpected symbol.

Helios · July 2014

Just to show an example of what I mean.

OZApps · July 2014

@Helios, did you try a do .. end to encapsulate the code?

do
 your gideros code here
end

Helios · July 2014

@Helios, did you try a do .. end to encapsulate the code?
do
 your gideros code here
end

This works, but again there's a problem. This time the problem lies with using variables. E.g. I have one "do..end" where I add all my buttons and have button stuff. I have another one with TextFields. I need to get the width of the button, so that I can place the TextField correctly. This is not possible.

Of course, there are ways around that, an example could be using an extra variable. The thing is the whole idea with the "region"/group thing is having clean, efficient and readable code. You do not get that by having to create extra variables.

How long would it take to add this feature? Not too long, I think. Please consider adding this feature.

Helios · July 2014

Bump (Hope bumps are cool).

Helios · August 2014

Any news? Can a developer possibly post an answer or something?

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

@Helios unfortunately I think for now no ones concentrating on updating, at least not before open sourcing is completed

OZApps · August 2014

Do you have any idea on how much longer before the code is released?

ar2rsawseen · August 2014

Unfortunately no.
As I said I think @atilim already started working on clients projects and that is why it is delayed.
But knowing that today is @atilim's birthday, most probably not this weekend

Happy Birthday @atilim !

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