06.36 Cut, Copy, and Paste Collapsed Code with Outlining

VERSIONS

2005, 2008, 2010

CODE

vstipEdit0035

When working with outlining, you can perform many timesaving operations. One of these is the ability to take a piece of code and work with it in a collapsed state.

When you collapse code using outlining (click the minus sign to the left of the signature), you get the result shown in the following illustration.

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Now we can select all of that code in one compact unit:

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Then simply cut or copy the code, and paste it where you want.

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