NetBeans shortcut key for collapsing/expanding a method

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This is an IDE question

I am always working with collapsed methods, because I want to be able to see my methods all together. This is a little time consuming because I have to use the mouse to scroll up to the declaration of the method and click on the - (minus) icon. And then respectively go to the method I want to work on and click on the + (plus) icon.

Is there a way through a keyboard shortcut to do the collapse (and respectively the expand)?

score 126 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 28 '22 at 00:08

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I copied a piece from http://wiki.netbeans.org/KeymapProfileFor60.

The first option is for Win/Lin and the second for Mac.

Command	Windows	Mac
Collapse (hide) a block	`Ctrl` + `-`	`⌘` + `-`
Expand a Collapsed Block (expand-fold)	`Ctrl` + `+`	`⌘` + `+`
Collapse (hide) all code blocks	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `-`	`⌘` + `Shift` + `-`
Expand all code blocks (expand-all-folds)	`Ctrl` + `Shift` + `+`	`⌘` + `Shift` + `+`

¹ On Windows you can also use the numpad + and -
² It says +, achkatually it's the = key

edited Jul 28 '22 at 00:08

Ian Boyd

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answered Jun 03 '10 at 10:59

Peter Tillemans

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He said **ONLY HIDE Functions** ! Not if else , for loop etc blocks inside function. – Pratik Joshi Nov 19 '15 at 06:12
@PratikCJoshi I don't believe Netbeans differentiates between functions, loops, and if / else statements. They're all just collapsible code blocks. – Captain Hypertext Apr 03 '16 at 03:42
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@CaptainHypertext what to do now ? :( I am sad ! :( – Pratik Joshi Apr 03 '16 at 05:24

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '10 at 11:11

Just to offer an alternative, have you considered using the Navigator View to navigate within the members instead? I usually just leave all methods uncollapsed, and double click on the method in the Navigator view to go to that method. What's nice about the Navigator View are the icons which provide visual indicators of the type and visibility of methods and fields.

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 03 '17 at 13:25

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Right click the window -> Code Folds -> Collapse All or Ctrl+Shift+Minus Sounds like what you ar looking for

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Skatox

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answered Jul 03 '17 at 13:03

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 23 '14 at 12:47

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The best workaround I've found sofar is to right-click in the white space next to the file tree and then click on "Collapse All"

answered Apr 23 '14 at 12:47

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 04 '18 at 13:03

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To set default collapsing in netbean tool click Tools->Option->Editor->Folding, enable checkboxes

answered Aug 04 '18 at 13:03

shivakumar hk

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 03 '15 at 02:08

The navigator view does not show loop blocks, logic blocks, etc. So there is no way to collapse that section under the "if this" so you can focus on the "else that" section.

NetBeans only supports collapsing functions/methods (Java) or collapsing based on their XML formatted comment strings (a terrible solution that is IDE specific and leaves traces of your IDE all over your code).

NetBeans shortcut key for collapsing/expanding a method

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