Access
To open this page, click on the Presentation tab in the Options of the Editor dialog box.
This tab is used to modify the presentation characteristics that are common to the various types of document handled by the 4GL Editor.
Lists
Font
Consult the list and select the character font that is to be used to display the text in the source.
Default setting: "Courier".
Script
Consult the list and select the font script to be used to display the text in the source.
Size
Consult the list and select the size of character font that is to be used to display the text in the source.
Default setting: "12".
Contexts for choosing text and color attributes
Select the definition context for text, text color and background color attributes.
"Text" |
For the text in the source while displayed normally, |
"Selection" |
For blocks of text selected in the source, |
"Information" |
For maintenance details. |
Default setting: "Text".
Note: Text attributes (bold, italics, ...) are only available for standard system fonts (Consolas, Courier, Courier New, FixedSys and Lucida Sans Typewriter).
Foreground
After choosing a context, select the text color from the list.
Default setting: "System".
Background
After choosing a context, select the text background color from the list.
Default setting: "System".
Check boxes
Bold
Displays the text in bold in the selected context. By default, checked for keywords, reserved words, predefined functions, question-answer instructions and adeliaDoc annotations.
Italics
Displays the text in italics in the selected context. By default, box is unchecked.
Strikethrough
Displays the text with strikethrough in the selected context. By default, box is unchecked.
Underlined
Displays the text underlined in the selected context. By default, box is unchecked.
Displayed data
Example
This lets you view the result of your choices (font, size and color), applied to an example text.
Buttons
Default
Resets all the lists with their default settings.
OK
Validates the choices made and closes the dialog box.
Cancel
Closes the dialog box without validating the choices made.
Keyboard shortcut: Esc.