Code Formatter Settings Dialog

ENVY/QA User Guide : Code Formatter : Code Formatter Settings Dialog

You can customize the way your source code is formatted by using the Code Formatter Settings dialog, shown below. To open the dialog:

•from the Transcript, select Tool Settings > Format...

•from a development browser, select Edit > Format Settings...

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Figure 12 — Code Formatter Settings dialog.

The Code Formatter Settings dialog groups options into the categories shown in the following table.

Category	Options defining
Blocks	how blocks are formatted
Parentheses	the positioning of parentheses
Comments	how comments are formatted
Conditional Statements	how conditionals are formatted
Indent	indentation
Keywords	how keyword selectors are formatted
Line breaks	when to introduce line breaks
General	general formatting

Table 36 — Categories of formatter options.

You can use the formatting options currently selected in the Formatter Settings Dialog to preview the code that is displayed in the text pane from which the dialog was opened. To do this, click Preview. If you click Cancel, the dialog closes and the formatting is reset.

To select specific formatting options:

1. 1. Select a category in the left list.

The list on the right shows check boxes representing each formatting option in the selected category.

2. 2. Do one of the following:

Desired result	Action
enable all options in a category	click All
disable all options in a category	click None
enable or disable specific options	click individual check boxes
reset to their default values all options in all categories	click Reset All

Table 37 — Enabling formatter options.

3. Click OK to accept the selected formatter options or Cancel to abort the selection.

Last modified date: 05/20/2020