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Developers struggle to open IDEs in a decluttered state

Developers want source files and IDEs to open in a task-specific state, with comments or code regions folded and unused panes or terminals out of the way. The signals describe editors that do not provide the requested defaults or automation, leading users to request configurable folding behavior and panel visibility. The evidence spans VS Code and RStudio, so a first product should focus on one editor rather than promise universal support.

For developers who want a decluttered editor on file open. Mentioned from Dec 2017 to Nov 2024 on GitHub.

6 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.

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Indie fit
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Pain
4.3/10
Frequency
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Momentum
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Who pays
Professionals
Competition
Medium
Build difficulty
Medium

What people said

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  1. They are kind of useless right now to me because I use regions to hide complexity but every time I open a file in c# the regions are all unfolded so it's actually a pointless feature for what I think it was intended to be
  2. Could a defaultstate be added to regions, so when a file is opened regions will be either collapsed or expanded
    Ptiloup on GitHub (microsoft/vscode)Dec 2017+85 upvotesAsked for a tool
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