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Configure Editor – Misc

Settings

Smooth Scrolling

Check this box to scroll text smoothly in the editor (one pixel at a time).

Show Left Margin

Check this box to show the editor's left margin. The left margin is used to display bookmark and breakpoint icons, as well as the current line indicator when stepping through code while debugging.

Line Tooltips on Scroll

Check this box to display a tooltip containing the closest line number when dragging the vertical scrollbar.

Enable Virtual Space

Check this box to allow the cursor to be vertically positioned beyond the last character of the current line. This option is useful if you prefer the cursor's vertical position to be retained when moving up or down rows, regardless of the line length.

When this option is enabled and you press Enter to create a new line while the cursor is positioned beyond the last character of the current line, spaces will be added to that line to pad it to the vertical position where you pressed Enter.

Color Syntax Highlighting

Check this box to enable color syntax highlighting of language tokens.

Show Horizontal Scrollbar

Check this box to display the editor's horizontal scrollbar.

Show Vertical Scrollbar

Check this box to display the editor's vertical scrollbar.

One Click URL Navigation

Check this box to enable navigating to a URL by clicking a URL string.

Copy RTF Text to Clipboard

Check this box to copy text to the clipboard in rich text format.

Brace Matching

Check this box to enable the editor's brace matching feature. Brace matching means that whenever the cursor is positioned in or behind a token representing one of a pair of braces or scope start/end keywords, the starting token and matching ending token are highlighted.

Max Undoable Actions

Unlimited

Select this option for unlimited undo action support.

Limited To

Select this option to specify the maximum number of undoable actions.

Line Numbering

Use these options to control line numbering.

Style

Choose the line numbering style from one of the following: Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hex. Select to turn off line numbering.

Start At

Enter the line number to display for the first line in each file.

Track Selection in Bold

Check this option to bold the line number of the current line.

See Also

Configure Editor