View only one method?

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In VB you had the option to view only one method (or sub, in VB) so that the rest of the code outside your current method wasn't seen. Is this possible in visual studio 2010 for C#?

Charles Morissette · Answer

Neat feature, thanks for telling me. VB did indeed have it, it was located at the bottom of the VB editor - it showed up as an icon with two small lines or an icon with multiple small lines. If you chose the one with multiple small lines, it showed you your entire project - if your chose the one with two small lines, it showed you only your current sub/method. Was quite nifty, too bad it doesn't seem I can find it in Visual Studio.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

I am not aware of VB 6 doing that. I know that VB 6 would scroll in a manner such that the top of the function or subroutine would be at the top of the window, but it would show the next one if there was room. Perhaps what you are looking for is "Ctrl-}". Put the cursor before or after a "{" or a "}" and then press "Ctrl-}" (or "Ctrl-]", which is the same thing). That will scroll to the matching symbol; try it and see. I use that to get the entire block to be shown, or scroll the window so the block fills the window more. Try it and I hope you see what I mean.

Charles Morissette · Answer

Yeah, I know you can do that, but it tends to be more annoyance for me then help so I've yet to try and use it. I was hoping for an option to display only current so I could scroll from top to bottom without overshooting the end of the line.

Vulpes · Answer

Are you talking about VB6 because in VB.NET, whilst individual methods are separated by lines, I don't think there is a way to focus on only one method at a time. In the case of C# I don't think there is even a way to separate methods by lines. However, VS is full of hidden options so if somebody else knows a way I'd be interested to know what it is. You can, of course, do various forms of collapsing and outlining as you probably know already.

View only one method?

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