General page, Preferences window
The General page of the Preferences window lets you customize the appearance of the C/C++ editor.
- Displayed tab width
- Specifies the tab width as a number of characters. For example 4,
means the tab width will be 4 characters wide.
- Print margin column
- Specifies the print margin width as a number of characters.
- Insert space for tabs
- Inserts spaces instead of a tab character when your press Tab.
- Highlight matching brackets
- Highlights matching brackets.
- Show line numbers
- Displays line numbers in the left margin.
- Highlight current line
- Highlights the line that was last selected.
- Show overview ruler
- Displays the overview ruler on the right margin.
- Show print margin
- Displays the print margin.
- Appearance color options
- Lists items that can be displayed in a specified color.
- Color
- Changes the color of the item selected in the list.
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Customizing the C/C++ editor
C/C++ editor preferences