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| Text Editors preference page |
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| <p> |
| The following preferences can be changed on the <a class="command-link" |
| href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.GeneralTextEditor)")'> |
| <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.png" alt= |
| "command link" /> <strong>General > Editors > Text |
| Editors</strong></a> preference page. |
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| <h2> |
| Appearance options |
| </h2> |
| <table border="1" cellspacing="0" class="c3"> |
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| <div class="Para"> |
| Option |
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| <th> |
| <div class="Para"> |
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| Description |
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| </th> |
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| <div class="Para"> |
| Default |
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| <div class="Para"> |
| Undo history size<br /> |
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| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option allows you to set the size of the undo history for |
| text editors. |
| </div> |
| |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| 200 |
| </div> |
| </td> |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Displayed tab width<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option allows you to set the displayed tab width for text |
| editors. |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| 4 |
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| </td> |
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| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| |
| Insert spaces for tabs<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option allows you to insert space characters in place of tab |
| characters. |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Off |
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| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Highlight current line<br /> |
| |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option controls whether or the current line is highlighted |
| or not.<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| On<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Show print margin<br /> |
| </div> |
| |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option controls whether the print margin is visible or not. |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Off |
| </div> |
| |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Print margin column<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option allows you to set the print margin column position. |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| 80 |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Allow editors to override the margin column<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| This option tells whether editors are allowed to override the print margin column. |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| false |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Show line numbers<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| This option controls whether or not line numbers are shown on the |
| left side of the text editor.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| Off<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| <div class="Para"> |
| Show range indicator<br /> |
| </div> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| This option controls whether or not range indicators are shown in |
| the text editor.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td align="left" valign="top"> |
| |
| On<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c1"> |
| Show whitespace characters<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| |
| This option controls whether to display whitespace characters in |
| text editors.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| Off<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c1"> |
| |
| Enable drag and drop of text<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| This option controls whether text drag and drop is enabled.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| On<br /> |
| |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c1"> |
| Warn before editing a derived file<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| This option controls whether to warn if a derived file is going to |
| be edited.<br /> |
| |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| On<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c1"> |
| Smart caret positioning at line start and end<br /> |
| |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| This option controls whether the editor automatically positions the |
| caret and the start or end of a line.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| On<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c1"> |
| Show affordance in hover on how to make it sticky<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| This option controls whether to show an affordance in the hover on |
| how to make it sticky.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| |
| On<br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <td class="c2" width="25%"> |
| Appearance color options<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| |
| This option controls various appearance colors.<br /> |
| </td> |
| <td class="c2"> |
| <br /> |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </tbody> |
| </table> |
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| Here is how the Text Editors preference page looks like: |
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| "Image of the Text Editors preference page" /><br /> |
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| "Related reference" /><br /> |
| <a href="../concepts/concepts-6.htm">Editor</a><br /> |
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