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Turn Off or On Outlining

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Keyboard:  CTRL + M, CTRL + P (stop outlining)
Menu:  Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Outlining; Edit -> Outlining -> Start Automatic Outlining
Command:  Edit.StopOutlining; Edit.OutliningStartAutomaticOutlining
Versions:  2008,2010
Published:  3/19/2010
Code:  vstipEdit0033

 

If you don't like the Outlining feature in Visual Studio:

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You can turn it off one of two ways:

  1. Hit CTRL + M, CTRL + P on your keyboard
  2. Go to Edit -> Outlining -> Stop Outlining on your Menu Bar

 

To turn it back on, go to Edit -> Outlining -> Start Automatic Outlining on your Menu Bar.  Ironically, there is no keyboard shortcut for turning Outlining back on.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2010
    Apart from the missing shortcut to start outlining, I find it a bit odd that the menu command for stopping is "Stop Outlining", while the start command is called "Start Automatic Outlining".

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2010
    when I use CTRL+M+P, it is toggle out first time, but after that I can not toggle out any more till I reopen the file.

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2010
    I have outlining turned-on but nothing appears, I have to force is by manually selecting a block then choosing collapse block from the menu then the plus symbol appears. Is it broken!?

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2010
    @Rich In VS2010 It can be a little wierd sometimes.  Try turning it off, then closing the file, then open it again, and finally turn it on.  If that doesn't work there may be another issue with your outlining. If you are in VS2008 then go to Tools - Options - Text Editor - General, and make sure Selection Margin is checked.  If this is turned off the left-margin that indicates a code block is gone but outlining still works.  

  • Anonymous
    May 19, 2011
    I'm using VS2008, and every time I collapse a block, after a few seconds it opens and there are no more minus signs at the begining of an block.. it's a little frustrating, especially when I have to scroll up a large block of code... does anyone know why this happens? (Thanks)

  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2011
    "Right click the master page and select Open With > Then select Master Page Editor with Encoding > Select Auto Detect for the option. It may take a second or two but the outlining should appear." This tip from a colleague at PointBridge: blogs.pointbridge.com/.../Schwenker_Andrew

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2014
    I had trouble with outlining in 2010. For some files it just wouldn't work. I found that by first  edit->outlining->stop outlining then close the file and reopening it enabling outlining mode to work again. Flakey!

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2015
    For VS2013 and VS2015 you can add this command (along with format) by editing your CurrentSettings.vssettings file and adding this to the UserCustomizations section. <UserCustomizations> <add Cmd="{D309F791-903F-11D0-9EFC-00A0C911004F}:00000503" CmdPri="05008001" Group="{D309F791-903F-11D0-9EFC-00A0C911004F}:00000171" GroupPri="01000000" Menu="{D309F791-903F-11D0-9EFC-00A0C911004F}:00000001"/> <add Cmd="{5EFC7975-14BC-11CF-9B2B-00AA00573819}:0000032a" CmdPri="00800001" Group="{D309F791-903F-11D0-9EFC-00A0C911004F}:00000173" GroupPri="05000000" Menu="{D309F791-903F-11D0-9EFC-00A0C911004F}:00000001"/> <add Cmd="{1496A755-94DE-11D0-8C3F-00C04FC2AAE2}:0000008f" CmdPri="01504001" Group="{9ADF33D0-8AAD-11D0-B606-00A0C922E851}:00000553" GroupPri="01030000" Menu="{9ADF33D0-8AAD-11D0-B606-00A0C922E851}:0000000e"/> <add Cmd="{1496A755-94DE-11D0-8C3F-00C04FC2AAE2}:00000083" CmdPri="01508001" Group="{9ADF33D0-8AAD-11D0-B606-00A0C922E851}:00000553" GroupPri="01030000" Menu="{9ADF33D0-8AAD-11D0-B606-00A0C922E851}:0000000e"/> </UserCustomizations>

  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2015
    The comment has been removed