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Editor Configuration Page (DATAFLOW Designer)

Marco Wülser
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This Reference Article has been written for Version 2.1 of the DATAFLOW Software. For Previous Releases use the version selection in the navigation bar at the top of this page.

This Page is part of the Application Options dialog.

 

Page Description

The Editor page allows to customize the behavior of the DATAFLOW Designer Editor windows.

 

Page Actions

This page does not provide any special actions.

 

Page Groups

This page contains the following groups:

  • List and Tree
  • Diagram Editor
  • Source Code Editor
  • External Source Code Editor (not shown initially)

 

List and Tree Group

Double Click Action

 Defines the action to be executed when an entry in a tree view is double clicked.

Ctrl + Click Action

 Defines the action to be executed when an entry in a tree view is left clicked with the Ctrl key pressed at the same time.

 

Diagram Editor Group

Double Click Action

 Defines the action to be executed when an entry in a tree view is double clicked.

Ctrl + Click Action

 Defines the action to be executed when an entry in a tree view is left clicked with the Ctrl key pressed at the same time.

 

Source Code Editor Group

Tab Size

 Defines the number of spaces used for a single tab.
Tabs Replaced by Spaces Whenever a tab is inserted by the editor, a number of spaces is inserted instead (see Tab Size).
Use External Editor If checked, source code is opened in an external editor instead of the build in source code editor.

 

External Source Code Editor Group

This group is only shown when the Use External Editor checkbox is checked in the Source Code Editor Group (see above).

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External Editor

This must contain an absolute path to the external source code binary that shall be called when the user opens a source code file in DATAFLOW Designer.

To change the path, click the [...] button on the right of the option.
Arguments All arguments in this option will be passed to the external editor
Show Read Only Files

When this checkbox is checked, all files that belong to the edited element will be opened in the external editor. When unchecked, only files meant to be changed will be opened. Any read only file will be omitted.

 

Required Module: DATAFLOW Designer

This Article has been written based on V2.1.1 of the DATAFLOW software. 
Latest update 2023-06-02 by WUE.

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