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Options (Text Editor/Plain Text/General Page)

Use the Options dialog box to change the default behavior of the Text Editor while you are editing a document not associated with a particular development language. To display these settings, click Options on the Tools menu, expand Text Editor, expand Plain Text, and then click General.

Statement Completion

  • Auto list members
    The plain text editor does not support this feature.

  • Hide advanced members
    The plain text editor does not support this feature.

  • Parameter information
    The plain text editor does not support this feature.

Settings

  • Enable virtual space
    Insert spaces at the end of each line of text. Select this check box to position comments at a consistent point next to your text.

  • Word wrap
    Display any portion of a line that extends horizontally beyond the viewable editor area on the next line. Selecting this check box enables the Show visual glyphs for word wrap option.

  • Show visual glyphs for word wrap
    Display a return-arrow indicator where a long line wraps onto a second line. Clear this check box if you prefer not to display these indicators.

    Note

    These reminder arrows are not added to your code, and they do not print. They are for reference only.

  • Apply Cut/Copy commands to blank lines when there is no selection
    Set the behavior of the editor when you place the insertion point on a blank line, select nothing, and then click Copy or Cut.

    When this check box is selected, the blank line is copied or cut. If you then click Paste, a new, blank line is inserted.

    When this check box is cleared, nothing is copied or cut. If you then click Paste, the content most recently copied is pasted. If nothing has been copied, nothing is pasted.

    This setting has no effect on Copy or Cut when a line is not blank. If nothing is selected, the entire line is copied or cut. If you then click Paste, the text of the entire line and its end line character are pasted.

Display

  • Line numbers
    Display a line number next to each line of text.

    Note

    These line numbers are not added to your text, and they do not print. They are for reference only.

  • Enable single-click URL navigation
    Change the cursor to a pointing hand as it passes over a URL in the editor. You can click the URL to display the indicated page in your Web browser.

  • Navigation bar
    This check box is unavailable.