Disable "Show Code Folding" for new documents created via script

Script Debugger
#1

Hi, I’m creating new documents via script (to automatically add the current date).

I’d like to disable Show Code Folding for them but can’t find a way to do that.

Here’s my setup:

  • Created a template

  • Set preference General > For New Documents to it

  • Set this template’s view for all new documents via menu
    Window > Set Default Script Size & State

Now, when I use File > New Script I get exactly what I want, i.e. Show Code Folding is unmarked.

However, when I create a new document via script it doesn’t respect the disabled Show Code Folding.

I found a post from 2017 that says it was possible to add a HideCodeFolding key to a template’s plist. Tried with Script Debugger 8, doesn’t work (anymore?), but that may be due to the fact that the post didn’t explain what the key’s values can be.

Am I doing this wrong or is it not possible to hide Code Folding for scripts created via script?

#2

For historical reasons, code folding is a document/template setting rather than a view setting.

You can turn code folding off or on in a template by adding a SDHideCodeFolding key with a boolean value (true/false) to your template’s TemplateInfo.plist file.

#3

This doesn’t seem to work. Restarted Script Debugger, no luck.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>SDHideCodeFolding</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Description</key>
	<string></string>
	<key>MainTemplateFile</key>
	<string>Template.scpt</string>
</dict>
</plist>
#4

@alldritt not sure if you’ve seen my reply as the thread was already marked with “Solution”

#5

Please check out the 8.0.1 beta release:

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