Preferences - Controls

Use this preference page to specify how controls and information areas are displayed in the editor views.

Additional editor view display options can be modified on the Appearance preference page.

Option

Description

Default

Status line If selected, displays a status line below the editor pane title bar showing:
  • Current line and column location
  • Insertion mode
  • Number of changes to document since last save
  • Whether the view is read only
  • Other information, such as any incomplete prefix command.
On
Format line If selected, displays a format line area below the status line in the editor pane. On
Message line If selected, displays a message line area with the command line in the editor pane at the location specified by Command line and message line location preference. On
Command line If selected, displays an editor command entry area in the editor pane at the location specified by Command line and message line location preference. On
Prefix area If selected, a prefix area is displayed to the left of the text area, showing line numbers or sequence numbers. Off
Expand/hide area If selected, a plus symbol is shown whenever a filter or find operation causes a group of lines not matching filter or find criteria to be hidden from view. On
Highlight current line If selected, the current text element is highlighted. On
Display visual edit line as dialog If selected, the visual edit line will display in a dialog at the bottom of the editor view.  Otherwise, it will overlap the actual text element in the edit area. Off
Cursor width Set the width of the cursor in insert mode.  You can specify a value between 1 and 20 pixels. 2
Cursor blink time Set the time interval at which the cursor blinks.  You can specify a value between 200 and 1200 milliseconds, or 0 to prevent the cursor from blinking. 500
Command and message line location Determines the location to display the command and message line. This setting also affects where the find/replace input area, or any other prompts will appear. top
Split window for multiple views If selected, the current window is split when opening a new view of the document.  Multiple editing views in a split window are arranged either vertically or horizontally, as determined by the split orientation you select:
  • Vertical:  Views are stacked side by side
  • Horizonal:  Views are stacked top to bottom.
Not all editor applications support multiple document views and split windows.
On,
Vertical