Collapsing and Expanding Code

 

Introduction

Text collapsing lets you "collapse", or "roll up", different parts of your document. The advantages are clear - when you have finished a part of your webpage, be it a table or a paragraph, you can just collapse it and get it out of the way. This way you don’t have to scroll through finished work or risk changing finished work through accidental keystrokes. This tool makes editing larger documents very much easier. If your document is part of a Website your bookmarks and collapsed text are remembered - even if you close down HotDog.

Collapsing Text

  1. Use the mouse to select the text you want to collapse.

  2. Click in the gutter area to collapse the text (see example below). Alternatively, press the <CTRL> and <-> keys at the same time.

Expanding Text

Do one of the following: