Collapsible/expandable Functions, Regions, Comment blocks, and Comment based help blocks

[Shane091490]

Summary of the new feature

As a user I want to be able to collapse and expand Functions, Regions, Comment blocks, and Comment based help blocks. This helps me goto the section/region of code that I want to work on without having to scroll through thousands of lines of code to find the section I need.

I really like all the features in VS code however without this feature it is a deal breaker for me, I would rather use PS ISE or VS Community as they have this feature and makes my work much easier. I don't like having to scroll thru thousands of lines of code to find the section I need. I designed my tool with regions but I can't use them with VS code,

[rjmholt]

I believe VSCode recently introduced various folding features:

• https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/codebasics#_folding
• https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_23#_folding-provider-api

There are a number of similar user asks here:

• Block for comment based help does not fold #1335
• Indented #region does not work beyond 7 spaces #157
• regions with here-strings do not fold #525
• PowerShell code folding is not working for here strings #177
• Add Syntax Aware Code Folder (when available) #1276

There is currently some other work prioritised, but it looks like there are a few related pieces of functionality here that we should look into soon.

[TylerLeonhardt]

I'm going to dupe this to #1276 😄

[TylerLeonhardt]

Actually this has the most info, so I'll make this the main one.

[Shane091490]

@rjmholt I have looked at the links you posted however those shortcuts don't work with powershell which is my primary language I should have been a little more clear. I'm looking for the equivalent shortcut to "fold" as you call it, all regions in my code like in powershell ISE it's Ctrl-M.

[TylerLeonhardt]

@Shane091490 You are correct. This is work we need to do to support this Folding Provider. We'll get to this as soon as we can!

[rkeithhill]

@Shane091490 FYI, you can already fold/unfold all regions in VSCode using Ctrl+K Ctrl+8 and Ctrl+K Ctrl+9.

[glennsarti]

@tylerl0706 I've started a WIP PR for adding this. Will work on it when I can.

[TylerLeonhardt]

Exciting!! We really need this 🎉 thank you so much