How to fold big json arrays in visual studio code editor in mac?

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I read this answer (How do I collapse sections of code in Visual Studio Code for Windows?) and tried changing settings, extensions, etc... I still had to go back to sublime to do basic code folding. I'm on a mac. Visual studio code Version 1.30.2 (1.30.2).

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How do I get those little collapse buttons to show in visual studio code?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '19 at 23:11

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To show code folding controls you need to hover between the line numbers and code.

answered Jan 14 '19 at 23:11

Braca

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I must have some extension blocking that, I don't get that behavior. – Kyle Pennell Jan 14 '19 at 23:17
@KylePennell line numbers shown in VS Code are not the same, but it looks like it's the same file. Is this a bug or it's just a part code pasted? – Braca Jan 15 '19 at 00:05
yeah, I'm just not seeing those upon hovering...good to know they should be there though – Kyle Pennell Jan 15 '19 at 16:55
some sort of plugin was messing with it. Disabled a bunch and it's all good now – Kyle Pennell Jan 15 '19 at 22:47

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '21 at 15:29

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For me, it wasn't because of an extension but because of this setting:

"editor.folding": false,

Commenting it out has solved the problem.

answered Apr 04 '21 at 15:29

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 09 '23 at 16:23

Tokenization, wrapping and folding is turned off for large files in order to reduce memory usage and avoid freezing or crashing. Put this into settings.json to enable this feature:

"editor.foldingMaximumRegions": 500000, // defaults to 5000, adjust to your needs
"editor.largeFileOptimizations": false

How to fold big json arrays in visual studio code editor in mac?

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