General > Editors >
Text Editors preference page.The following preferences can be changed on the
General > Editors >
Text Editors preference page.
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Option
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Description
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Default
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|---|---|---|
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Undo history size
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This option allows you to set the size of the undo history for text editors.
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200
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Displayed tab width
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This option allows you to set the displayed tab width for text editors.
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4
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Insert spaces for tabs
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This option allows you to insert space characters in place of tab characters.
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Off
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Remove multiple spaces on backspace/delete
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This option allows you to set whether hitting backspace or delete in text editors deletes only 1 space
character (if
off) or deletes as many space characters as defined in Display tab
width (if on).
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Off
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Highlight current line
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This option controls whether or the current line is highlighted or not.
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On |
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Show print margin
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This option controls whether the print margin is visible or not.
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Off
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Print margin column
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This option allows you to set the print margin column position.
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80
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Allow editors to override the margin column
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This option tells whether editors are allowed to override the print margin column.
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false
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Show line numbers
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This option controls whether or not line numbers are shown on the left side of
the text editor. |
Off |
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Show range indicator
|
This option controls whether or not range indicators are shown in the text
editor. |
On |
| Show whitespace characters |
This option controls whether to display whitespace characters in text editors. |
Off |
| Show affordance in hover on how to make it sticky |
This option controls whether to show an affordance in the hover on how to make it
sticky. |
On |
| Enable drag and drop of text |
This option controls whether text drag and drop is enabled. |
On |
| Warn before editing a derived file |
This option controls whether to warn if a derived file is going to be edited. |
On |
| Smart caret positioning at line start and end |
This option controls whether the editor automatically positions the caret and the start or end
of a line. |
On |
| Show code minings for problem annotations: |
This option controls for which sevirities the problem markers should be displayed as code
minings in text editors. |
None |
| Maximum annotations shown |
This option controls the maximum number of problem annotations to show as code mining (too high
number can have negative impact on performance). |
100 |
| Appearance color options |
This option controls various appearance colors. |