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MartinxN
Sep 15, 2021Brass Contributor
Outlining not working in SSMS 18.x and 19.x
Edit, This problem is also present in SSMS 20.1, Does Microsoft care at all, or are they not capable of fixing this? In SSMS 18.x and 19.x, the outlining feature that allows you to collapse SQL c...
- May 15, 2023Sorry for not updating the original text, this issue is also present in SSMS 19, in fact everything newer than SSMS 17 has this problem
JohnW128
Jan 06, 2022Copper Contributor
I'm having this problem as well, in version 18.10 (15.0.18390.0), with SQLPrompt installed. Reopening SSMS doesn't help. Occasionally, one level of outlining will appear at the start of a stored proc script. Once the outlining submenu disappeared from the Edit menu.
I've tried altering most of the settings associated with outlining, but nothing has helped.
This is a very useful feature, and I'd really like to be able to use it.
I've tried altering most of the settings associated with outlining, but nothing has helped.
This is a very useful feature, and I'd really like to be able to use it.
MartinxN
May 12, 2023Brass Contributor
When the problem appears even simple queries like this won't collapse:
SELECT
*
FROM
sys.objects
SELECT
*
FROM
sys.objects
- Ronen_ArielyMay 15, 2023MVP
Hi MartinxN
This questions was originally asked on 15-09-2021 about 2 years ago. Are you saying that you work on the same issue for 2 years?!?
You probably know what Dog Years means. In general each year for a dog is like 7 years for Human. This questions is more that one Computer years and each computer year is like 10000 years for Human as the tech change each minute. From the time you asked the question SSMS 18.x became obsolete. Therefore, the sirt step you should do, is to install the latest version of SSMS.
Please upgrade to the latest version and confirm if the issue continue. If it was a known bug then it was probably fixed
If the issue continue on the latest version of SSMS then w will dive into it more
- sparroweatshawkNov 22, 2023Copper ContributorThis is still broken... 20,000 years later 🙄
- MartinxNMay 15, 2023Brass ContributorSorry for not updating the original text, this issue is also present in SSMS 19, in fact everything newer than SSMS 17 has this problem
- Jay_TromblyJun 13, 2023Copper ContributorI had the same problem for several months and also have been using SQL Prompt. In my case, I remembered that I'd disabled Intellisense, and so I tried toggling that back on. Outlining came back instantly.