Number of undos

Define how many editing steps should be saved. They can be undone by selecting the Undo function.

Folding

Define whether the code should be viewed as structured by folds. This means that sections specified by indented position or marked by a special comment are hidden in a fold. This fold can be opened or closed via by a mouse-click on the plus- or minus-sign on the left side of the folds header line.

The options:

oNone: No folding is performed.

oIndent: The lines indented to the previous one are placed in a fold, which is headed by the preceding line.

Examples: The lines between VAR and END VAR or between IF and END IF are indented, thus are packed in a fold indicated by a minus-sign in open and by the plus-sign in closed state.

oExplicit: The code section to be packed in a fold must be marked explicitly by comment lines: Before the comment section, enter 3 open brackets {{{, after the comment section, enter 3 closed brackets }}}. The comment may contain additional text also.

Word wrap

oNone: The line can be filled endlessly.

oSoft: The lines are broken at the boundary of the window.

oHard: The lines will be broken after the number of characters defined by Wrap margin. (A value of zero means that the lines are wrapped at the window boundary).

Tab width

Tab width in number of characters.

Keep tabs

If activated: A space which has been entered using the TAB key according to the defined Tab width (see above) will not be resolved to single character spaces afterwards. Therefore, if the tab width is changed later, the existing tab spaces will be corrected so.

Indent width

Indent width used in case of AutoIndent (see below); that is the number of spaces at the beginning of a line.

AutoIndent

oNone: No automatic indenting. Editing always starts at the left margin of the text area of the editor.

oBlock:

oSmart: Code lines following a keyword (for example, VAR or IF) are automatically indented according to the Indent width defined above.

oSmart with code completion: When you enter a keyword like for example, VAR or IF, the associated code lines following below are indented according to the Indent width defined above. Additionally, the terminating keyword is added (for example END_VAR or END_IF).

Highlight current line

The line where the cursor is placed, is highlighted with the color defined in the selection list.

Matching brackets

If the cursor is placed before or after a bracket ( or ) in a code line, the corresponding closing or opening bracket will be indicated by a rectangle which is colored as defined in the color selection field. Also, if the cursor is placed in the first or last line of a bracket scope, the corresponding line at the end or start of this scope is indicated also by a rectangle of this color.

End of line markers

The end of each editor line is marked by a small dash (-) of the defined color which is placed behind the last position which is occupied by a character or a white space.

Wrap guide

If a soft or hard word wrap is activated (see tab Editing), the defined wrap margin is indicated by a vertical line in the defined color.

Caret color

Color of the cursor caret.

Selection color

The selected area is highlighted with this color.

Inactive

Color of a selection when the corresponding window is not active (focus on another window).

Folded line foreground

The header of a closed, folded section of code lines is written in this color.

Folded line background

The header of a closed, folded section of code lines is highlighted in this color.

Font

Choose the font to be used in the text editor. Click the sample field to open the standard dialog box for setting the font.

Line numbering

Line numbers are displayed in the declaration and in the implementation part of the view, each starting with the number 1 in the first line.

Foreground color

Color of the line numbers.

Background color

Color of the margin background.

Highlight current line

Color of the line number of the line that is being edited.

Show bracket scope

A bracket scope contains lines between corresponding keywords, such as between IF and END_IF. You can activate this bracket scope function by option Matching brackets in the tab Text area. If the cursor is placed before, after or within a corresponding keyword, the bracket scope will be indicated by a bracket in the margin area.

Focused border color

Color of the vertical separator line on the right side of the margin area in the active part of the editor.

Unfocused border color

Color of the vertical separator line on the right side of the margin area in the non-active part of the editor.

Mouse actions

Define which of the following actions should be performed when you execute the associated type of mouse-click on the plus- or minus sign before the header line of a fold.

oNone: No action

oSelect fold: The lines of the fold area are selected.

oToggle fold: The first level of the fold is opened or closed.

oToggle fold fully: All levels of a fold are opened or closed.

Types of Mouse actions: Click, Shift-Click, Ctrl-Click, Alt-Click

Enable inline monitoring

Activate or deactivate inline monitoring.

Monitoring foreground color

From the selection list, choose a color for the writing in the monitoring fields.

Monitoring background color

From the selection list, choose a color for the background of the monitoring fields.

Flow control foreground color

From the selection list, choose a color for the writing in the monitoring fields at flow positions.

Monitoring background color

From the selection list, choose a color for the background of the monitoring fields at flow positions.

Number of displayed digits

Define how many decimal places (digits) should be maximally displayed in case of floating values.

String length

Define the number of characters maximally displayed in case of a string value.

... sample

Preview of the defined monitoring settings.