Turning off automatic outlining in Visual Studio

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Visual Studio Problem Overview

Can any one tell me how to turn off automatic outlining in Visual Studio? Outlining is the feature that collapses code into programmer defined regions.

In my opinion, there are precious few circumstances where outlining is useful. Yes, it makes large files easier to navigate, but mostly it obscures complexity. My preference would be to have this feature turned off by default when opening a source file.

Visual Studio Solutions

Solution 1 - Visual Studio

In Visual Studio, go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced

Clear the checkbox Enter outlining mode when files open

Solution 2 - Visual Studio

Tools -> Options -> Text Editor -> C# -> Advanced -> Outlining.

Solution 3 - Visual Studio

For VB it's Tools - Options - Text Editor - Basic - VB Specific - Enable outlining mode

Solution 4 - Visual Studio

For VS2008, it's under Tools – Options – Text Editor – C/C++ - Formatting - Enter outlining mode when files open.

Solution 5 - Visual Studio

For C/C++ in Visual 2017:

Go to Tools > Options > Text Editor > C/C++ > View

Then under > Outlining, set Enable Outlining to False.

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