NetBeans for PHP

Custom code folding in PHP editor improved

Last week I wrote article about code folding in PHP editor. Yesterday I have improved a little the custom fold. Now it allows to define, whether the fold will be by default collapsed and also the description of the fold.

From the picture should be clear that the custom fold is defined via element <editor-fold>, which can have two optional attributes. The attribute defaultstate with the value collapsed, says that the fold is collapsed when the file is opened. If you don't use this attribute, then the fold will not be collapsed after opening file by default. The second attribute is desc, where you can define a description of the fold. This description is displayed, when the fold is collapsed.

Because writing the open element can take time, you can create a code template for this.

• Go to the Tools -> Options and in Editor category select Code Templates tab.
  
• Select PHP in  Language combobox.
  
• Press New button and enter an abbreviation for the code template. I have choosen cusf.
• In the Expanded Text tex area write:
  
  <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="${cursor}">
  
  
• Close the Option dialog

The exresion ${cursor} marks the position, where cursor in editor is placed after expanding the code template.

Now when you write cusf and press TAB, then the text cusf is replaced with the defined template.