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Chapter 5  Writing Code and Web Content



Selecting a Color Coding Scheme

Language color coding helps you to identify code blocks in large documents and to distinguish between language types. Open Options > Settings > Editor > Color Coding to view the available color coding schemes.

The default is the HTML scheme, but you can select any of the listed schemes and click the Set as Default button to use that scheme in your documents.

You have a great deal of flexibility in customizing both the supported file types for schemes and the visual presentation of the code. If you decide to change a scheme back to its original values, you can easily reset it to the default.

Setting the supported file types for a scheme

The color schemes for the supported languages are grouped by file extensions in the Color Coding pane. You can easily change the file types for a scheme.

Note To modify file types for a scheme:
  1. Open Options > Settings > Editor > Color Coding.
  2. Select the scheme you want to change.
  3. Click the Edit Extensions button to open the edit dialog box.
  4. Edit the extensions list as need.

    Be sure to separate entries with a semi-colon.

  5. Click OK to apply the new list.

You can click the Reset to Defaults button at any time to use the original values.

Setting the tag display

It is easy to implement a custom code scheme by changing the default colors and font styles.

Note To change a color scheme:
  1. Open Options > Settings > Editor > Color Coding.
  2. Select the scheme you want to change.
  3. Click the Edit Scheme button to open the edit dialog box.

    The preview pane shows the settings for the selected scheme.

  4. Select an item from the Elements list.
  5. To change either the foreground or background color for the element, first clear the Use default box below the element color box.
  6. Right-click on the color box and select a color from the Color dialog.
  7. To change a font style select one of the style boxes.
  8. Repeat these steps as needed for other language elements.
  9. Click OK when all changes.

You can click the Reset to Defaults button at any time to use the original values.


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