The following preferences can be changed on the General > Editors > Text Editors page.
Option
|
Description
|
Default
|
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Undo history size
|
This option allows you to set the size of the undo history for
text editors.
|
200
|
Displayed tab width
|
This option allows you to set the displayed tab width for text
editors.
|
4
|
Insert spaces for tabs
|
This option allows you to insert space characters in place of tab
characters.
|
Off
|
Highlight current line
|
This option controls whether or the current line is highlighted
or not.
|
On |
Show print margin
|
This option controls whether the print margin is visible or not.
|
Off
|
Print margin column
|
This option allows you to set the print margin column position.
|
80
|
Show line numbers
|
This option controls whether or not line numbers are shown on the
left side of the text editor. |
Off |
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 |
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 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 |
Appearance color options |
This option controls various appearance colors. |
|
Here is how the Text Editors preference page looks like: