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Asked: 2026-06-06T05:23:30+00:00

Short Question: Can I specify wildcards for custom console folding? If so, what is

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Short Question: Can I specify wildcards for custom console folding? If so, what is the syntax?

Long Question:
IntelliJ has a really nifty plugin (that comes built in) which allows you to fold lines in console output (and specify a blacklist/whitelist of when or when not to do this)

Console Folding

However I am unsure how (if it’s even possible) to specify a wildcard character. a lot of lines begin with a timestamp, like so

1, Jan, 2012, 10:00:00,000 DEBUG

Which i’d like to fold, by DEBUG, using something like

* DEBUG

I know I could restrict the log level to INFO only, but these lines are useful if a test fails, and then I can expand them at will.

Is there a way to do this, or should I start looking for the IntelliJ feature request page?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You shouldn’t use wildcards at all. When you add a new folding pattern you get a prompt saying:

    Enter a substring of a console line you'd like to see folded:

    Folding pattern

    Notice that it says “substring”. Try to just write “DEBUG” there and see if it works.

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