How to minimize code area in Eclipse?

Question

There is a nice feature in Visual Studio: you can create special code areas which can be minimized just as class methods in Eclipse are minimized. Like:

#region

//some code

#endregion

Is there a way do make such pleasant feature in Eclipse?

Answer 1

If you mean by minimizing folding, then I don't think Eclipse has the folding option you want. When I look at the eclipse folding options it tells me that it can fold

• Comments
• Header Comments
• Inner Types
• Members
• Imports

If you don't mean folding, then I'm sorry for the confusion.

Answer 2

The term you're looking for is code-folding. A cursory Web search turns up the Coffee-Bytes plug-in to add folding support beyond the built-in options. Reviews are mixed.

Answer 3

you can force it by capsulating the code betwen {} keys. The code will not compile but for writing is good

Answer 4

• Heres how I do it:

  1. Create an empty class called Blank
  2. Use this outline for your code:

  Blank b = new Blank() { public void myCode() { /Insert code here/ } }; b.myCode();