Editor Settings

Settings related to the look and feel of the Editor within PayloadStudio

Some options are limited to PayloadStudio Pro. These will be indicated with the label

Even though each setting is named to be self explanatory - every setting in PayloadStudio contains an description / explanation tool-tip available on hover

Setting description tool-tip

Console Window Size (%)

Adjust this to change the size of the Console. Value is % it will cover the Main Editor. Default: 45

Console Font Size (px)

Change the Console, language editor and breakpoint editor default font size. Value in px. Default: 20

Main Editor Font Size (px)

Change the Editor's default font size. Value in px. Default: 20

Editor Customization

Keybindings

Change keybinding / keyboard shortcut modes Options:

• Default (ACE)

• Vim

• Emacs

• Sublime

• VSCode

Text Wrapping

Change the editor text wrapping mode

Options:

• Off

• View

• Margin

• 40

Text Wrapping Options Demo

New Line Mode

Change the type of new lines used in the editor

Options:

• Auto

• Unix

• Windows

Use Soft Tabs

Checking this will use spaces instead of 'hard' tabs

Soft Tab Size

Number of spaces to use as tab. Default: 4

Show Invisible Characters

Checking this will display spaces and tabs as visible characters in the Editor.

Show Invisible Characters Enabled - showing spaces and line endings

Highlight Active Line

Checking this will show the line the cursor is on by highlighting the entire line.

Highlight Active Line Enabled

Show Folding Widgets

Checking this will automatically show folding carats for foldable blocks of code (extensions,functions,ifs,...). This feature is required if Live Extension Validation is enabled

Folding Widget

Folded Code

Show Folding Widgets Only On Hover

Checking this will only show folding carats for foldable blocks of code (EXTENSION,FUNCTION,IF, etc) while the mouse is over the Editor Gutter.

Show Gutter (line numbers, folding, info, warnings, breakpoints)

Checking this will show the bar for Line numbering, folding widgets, extension validation, annotations, breakpoints, warnings and errors. Option provided to ease of use on extremely slim screens - otherwise not recommended as the features previously mentioned rely on this being enabled

Auto Indent

Checking this draws visible columns to help display nested blocks

Display Indentation Guides

Checking this draws visible columns to help display nested blocks

Indentation Guides Enabled

Indentation Guide Disabled

Display Print Margin

Checking this draws an character margin line in the editor

Print Margin Width

Number of characters wide to show print margin at. Default Value: 80

Escape key opens console

Checking this will bind the ESCAPE key to open the console as well as close it

Always show Horizontal Scroll Bar

Checking this will always show the editor's horizontal scrollbar regardless of the document's character width

Always show Vertical Scroll Bar

Checking this will always show the editor's vertical scrollbar regardless of the document's character width