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My JavaScript file contains some 10 to 20 functions. I am using Notepad++ and I can fold the code in those functions. But I need an extra tab (or box or window) in the same window I am editing where I can see a list (or tree) with all those functions. So I can click on any function and then to jump with the cursor at the function that I clicked on.

The functions list/tree window should look something similar with the file list in the Atom editor (that tab placed to the left of the editing area)

I don't know if Notepad++ has such a feature but maybe there is some editor capable to do that?

Later edit: I changed the title of the question. I didn't know it's called "Code tree panel"

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  • Some people, when confronted with coding, think "I know, I'll use Notepadd++." Now they have two problems. (Sorry - I couldn't resist it. I love Notepad++ and use it daily, but at home and work - for text. For code, use an IDE. You will get refactoring, jump to function/variable declaration/usage, code completion, documentation of system functions, and, most importantly a debugger. If you don't have one or don't know how to use one, stop coding now and learn. You will save a lot of time.
    – Mawg says reinstate Monica
    Aug 22 '18 at 14:36
  • An IDE is even more important for an interpreted language like JS, as most good IDEs have a Linter. Notepad++ is excellent, but it won't tell you when you mis-spell a variable name, or worse.
    – Mawg says reinstate Monica
    Aug 22 '18 at 14:38
  • With a good IDE, although you can fold code, I never bother to. What’s the point? It is generally only used to make it easier to navigate through your code. With a good IDE I can easily pull up a list of functions in a given file, click and jump to one. I can see that my code accesses a variable or function and jump to its declaration, or all uses of it. Why would I want to fold code?
    – Mawg says reinstate Monica
    Aug 22 '18 at 14:41
  • @Mawg Any text editor supporting syntax coloring for a language should be able to have a linter for that language. Atom and VSCode and probably many others have js linters.
    – Joan Charmant
    Aug 23 '18 at 13:48
  • Those are IDEs. Notepad++ is not an IDE and does note, AFAIK, support a linter. The main pint though is the debugger. No feature is more important than having a debugger
    – Mawg says reinstate Monica
    Aug 29 '18 at 8:29
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CudaText editor (light and free) has Code Tree panel with function list. Toggled by F12. Supported for many syntaxes, JavaScript too.

CudaText JS tree

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  • Thanks, it works, and it is much litghter than Visual Studio Code.
    – DreamCode
    Aug 29 '18 at 7:47
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Newer versions of VS Code have a "Code Outline View".

The function names in that panel (see lower left in screenshot) are clickable and will move to the function definition in the JS file.

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