Selective display – Slick EDIT V3.3 User Manual

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hide. This dialog is displayed by clicking Display

Selective Display, or by using the selective_display

command.

When Selective Display is active, a Plus (+) or Minus (-) bitmap is placed before hidden or expanded
lines in the editor window margin. The following screenshot shows a sample file with two function defini-
tions expanded and the rest collapsed.

Figure 6.53. Selective Display

When Selective Display is active, you can perform the following operations:

• To display or hide lines: Double-click on the Plus (+) or Minus (-) bitmaps. Alternatively, click Display

Expand/Collapse Block, press Ctrl+\, or use the plusminus command.

Tip

Selective Display bitmaps can be expanded or collapsed with a single click, causing Selective
Display to operate similar to Windows Explorer. Note, however, that you will not be able to select
a line by clicking to the left of a text line which contains a Selective Display bitmap. To set this op-
tion, from the main menu, click Window

Preferences, expand SlickEdit and click General in

the tree, then double-click the General setting. On the General Options dialog, select the

General

Tab

. Select the option Expand/collapse single click.

• To copy visible text to the clipboard: Click View

Copy Visible or use the copy_selective_display

command. Normally when you copy a selection that spans multiple lines, hidden lines are copied as

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