visualEditLineDialog parameter

Use the visualEditLineDialog parameter to set or query whether the visual edit line should display in a dialog at the bottom of the editor view, or overlap the actual element in the edit area.

The visual edit line can be used to edit bidirectional text in visual mode.  It is brought up with the visualEditLine action.  It is not available on all platforms.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

visualEditLineDialog is scoped to the current view.
current.visualEditLineDialog is scoped to the current view.
default.visualEditLineDialog is globally scoped.
install.visualEditLineDialog is globally scoped.

Syntax

query visualEditLineDialog
set visualEditLineDialog [ default | on | off ]
query current.visualEditLineDialog
query default.visualEditLineDialog
set default.visualEditLineDialog [ install | on | off ]
query install.visualEditLineDialog 

Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set visualEditLineDialog command, the current view will use the value of default.visualEditLineDialog to determine where to place the visual edit line.
on If you specify the on parameter for the set visualEditLineDialog command, in the current view the visual edit line will display in a dialog at the bottom of the editor view.  If you specify the on parameter for the set default.visualEditLineDialog command, the visual edit line will display in a dialog at the bottom of the editor view in all the views that have visualEditLineDialog set to default.
off If you specify the off parameter for the set visualEditLineDialog command, in the current view the visual edit line will display over the current element.  If you specify the off parameter for the set default.visualEditLineDialog command, the visual edit line will display over the current element in all the views that have visualEditLineDialog set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.visualEditLineDialog command, all of the views that have visualEditLineDialog set to default will use the value of install.visualEditLineDialog to determine where to place the visual edit line.

Description

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set visualEditLineDialog command, default is assumed.  If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.visualEditLineDialog command, install is assumed.

The query current.visualEditLineDialog command returns on if the visual edit line will display in a dialog at the bottom of the current view or off if the visual edit line will overlap the current element in the current view.

Examples

query visualEditLineDialog
set visualEditLineDialog off
query current.visualEditLineDialog
query default.visualEditLineDialog
set default.visualEditLineDialog off
query install.visualEditLineDialog 

Related reference
query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
visualEditLine action