Preferences

To view preferences, on the View menu, click Preferences.

The General Tab

Reload last project at startup	When enabled, reloads the last project you had open.
Reload documents when opening project	When enabled, opens all the documents you had open when you last worked on the project.
Automatically save project changes	When enabled, automatically saves any changes you make to the structure of a project (i.e. renaming folders/files, rearranging folders/files).
Ask for confirmation when deleting files	When enabled, asks for confirmation when deleting output files (in Output View).
Recycle preview windows	When enabled, previews documents in the same internal browser preview window. When disabled, multiple preview windows are created.
Beep on validation errors	When enabled, beeps when an error has been found in the file(s) you are validating.

The Editor Tab

Vertical scroll bar	When enabled, displays the vertical scroll bar on the right side of the document window.
Horizontal scroll bar	When enabled, displays the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the document window.
Selection Margin	When enabled, displays the selection margin on the left side of the document window.
Show whitespace	When enabled, displays whitespace between text as dots, and tabs as arrows.
Drag and drop text editing	When enabled, allows drag and drop text editing within the document window.
Default drag action is move	When enabled, the selection is moved when you drag it with the mouse. When disabled, the selection is copied when you drag it with the mouse. The Drag and drop text editing preference must be enabled for this preference to have an effect.
Tab size	Allows you to enter a tab size.
Auto indent	When enabled, starts the next line at the same initial position as the text on the previous line.

The Directories Tab

Projects directory	Lists the default hard disk location for your projects. Click Browse to set a new location.
Output directory	Lists the default hard disk location for your output files. Click Browse to set a new location.
Templates directory	Lists the default hard disk location for your document templates. Click Browse to set a new location.

The Tools Tab

Autosave before running tools	When enabled, saves the document you are validating before it is validated. Saves the document you are converting (with XSL) before it is converted. Saves the document you want to preview before it is previewed.
Jump to error on validation	When enabled, scrolls the document you are validating up to where the error has been found.
Default output file extension	Allows you to enter a default file extension for output files.
Converting a non-project file	Allows you to select the default action when performing XSL conversion on XML files that do not belong to a project. Creates a new document - opens the output file in a new document window. Shows internal preview - displays the output file in the internal browser preview window. Shows external preview - displays the output file in the external browser preview window. Shows Save As dialogue - displays the Save As dialogue box, from which you can choose a folder in which to save the output file.
External browser	Lists the hard disk location of your default browser. Click Browse to set a new default location.

Allows you to select the default insert-mode of child elements when inserting elements from TagBar into a document.

Auto-insert children - inserts the child elements you have selected with Auto Insert via the context menu in TagBar, when you drag a parent element onto the document window.

Don't insert children - does not insert any child elements when you drag a parent element onto the document window.

Insert all children - inserts all child elements when you drag a parent element onto the document window.

Show data types in TagBar

When enabled, displays XML-Data datatypes as declared in the loaded Schema in TagBar.

The Format Tab