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
Theme
Select the editor color theme in the list.
By default: "Default theme (light)".
Font
Consult the list and select the character font that is to be used to display the text in the source.
The default value is specified by the theme ("Consolas" with the default theme). Note that if the font specified by the theme is not available in the system, the font name is shaded and the "Courier New" font is used by the editor instead.
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.
The default value is specified by the theme ("10" with the default theme).
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
Save
Saves the current theme's data. The modified themes are saved in the "themes" sub-directory of the "Adelia Studio" directory in the user profile.
Default
Resets each list with the default values of the selected theme. This button is only enabled if the color theme has been changed.
OK
Validates the choices made and closes the dialog box.
Cancel
Closes the dialog box without validating the choices made.
Keyboard shortcut: Esc.