Options Window: Fonts and Colors

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You use this panel to customize the font, background color, and foreground color for text and elements in the Source Editor. You can specify the font and color according to editor type.

You can access this panel by choosing Tools > Options from the main menu, and then clicking Fonts & Colors in the left pane of the Options window.

Editor Profile settings

You can create profiles to save different custom font and color settings. You can switch between profiles to quickly change between saved custom Source Editor settings. If you modify either of the profiles included in the IDE, you can click Restore to restore the selected profile to the default settings.

To create a profile:

  1. Click Fonts & Colors in the left pane of the Options window.
  2. Click Duplicate in the right pane to open the Create New Profile dialog box.
  3. Type a name in the Create New Profile dialog box.
  4. Modify the settings in the Options window.
  5. Click OK to close the Options window.

Use the following tabs to customize the fonts and colors as they appear in the Source Editor:

You can modify the appearance of text and elements in the Source Editor by setting the following properties in the tabs:

The Preview area displays how the selected changes will appear in the Source Editor.

See Also
Using the Options Window
Setting Fonts and Colors in the Source Editor
Identifying Errors in Source Code

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