Editor preferences

Use the Editor preference panel to control the appearance of text highlighting in C/C++ editors.

Editor Preferences Dialog Box

Editor Preference Options
Smart caret positioning in identifiers
If enabled, there are additional word boundaries inside identifiers.
Highlight matching brackets
When the cursor is beside a bracket, the matching bracket is highlighted.
Highlight inactive code
Highlights inactive code when the cursor is positioned inside it.
Ensure newline at end of file when saving
Checkmark to ensure files always include a newline at the end.
Appearance color options
Lists the items for which you can specify a color.
Color
Specifies the color in which to display the selected item.
Documentation tool comments
Specifies which documentation tool should be used to determine editor presentation and behaviors. This enables editor features such as content-assist, documentation comment generation and syntax highlighting. The particular tool selected here will be used for files that are not associated with a project, or where no project level preference has been set.

Related concepts
Coding aids

Related tasks
Customizing the C/C++ editor

Related reference
C/C++ editor preferences


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