Collapse level 2 not working for python language

[Karun Poudel]

Collapse level 1 works but Collapse level 2 doesn’t work for following Python code. [Notepad++ v7.5.8 (32-bit)].
Language is set to Python.

class C1:
    def f1():
        pass
    
    def f2():
        pass

The fold margin shows the fold level correctly. If i put cursor inside a function and click Collapse current level, then it works correctly.

Is this a bug?

Thanks,
Karun

[PeterJones]

I tried on v7.5.6 32bit, and it seems to not work right for me: collapse level 2 doesn’t collapse the two def’s. When I switched to a different language (Perl), with

sub blah {
    do     {
        tertiary: {
            1;
        }
    };
    while(1) {
    }

}

I was able to properly collapse and uncollapse levels 1, 2, or 3 without difficulty in Perl; but if I switch the language to python, it will only do level 1.

Thus, it doesn’t seem to be solely the fault of v7.5.8, and it seems to be limited to Python.

I just searched the issues page, and found https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/issues/4633 already reported … Based on what they said there (each space if indent gives a new level), I tried to collapse level 5 on your example, and the two def’s collapsed. So the bug isn’t with Notepad++, it’s with the Python-lexer that comes bundled with Scintilla that comes bundled with Notepad++. And it appears that it’s not going to be fixed, because the author disagrees that it’s a bug (it’s working as he designed it, apparently).

So you might have to get used to calling a 4-space indent “level 5”. (sorry to be the bearer of bad news.)