Editor Preferences

Oxygen XML Developer lets you configure how the editor appears. To configure the appearance of the text editor, open the Preferences dialog box and go to Editor.

The following options are available:

• Selection background color - Sets the background color of selected text.
• Selection foreground color - Sets the text color of selected text.
• Completion proposal background - Sets the background color of the content completion window.
• Completion proposal foreground - Sets the foreground color of the content completion window.
• Documentation window background - Sets the background color of the documentation of elements suggested by the content completion assistant.
• Documentation window foreground - Sets the foreground color for the documentation of elements suggested by the content completion assistant.
• Find highlight color - Sets the color of the highlights generated by the Find and Find all actions.
• XPath highlight color - Sets the color of the highlights generated when you run an XPath expression.
• Declaration highlight color - Sets the color of the highlights generated by the Find declaration action.
• Reference highlight color - Sets the color of the highlights generated by the Find reference action.
• Maximum number of highlights - Sets the maximum number of highlights that Oxygen XML Developer displays.
• Show TAB/NBSP/EOL/EOF marks - Makes the TAB/NBSP/EOL/EOF characters visible in the editor. You can use the color picker to choose the color of the marks.
  • Show SPACE marks - Makes the space character visible in the editor.
• Can edit read only files - If this option is selected, Oxygen XML Developer will let you edit, but not save, a read-only file. If the option is disabled, a warning message is displayed when you try to edit a read-only file.
• Display quick-assist and quick-fix side hints - Displays the Quick Assist and Quick Fix icon in the editor's left side line number stripe.
• Undo history size - Sets the maximum amount of undo operations you can perform in either of the editor modes (Text, Design, Grid).