Settings:Editor:Miscellaneous

The Editor » Miscellaneous branch of Settings has the following options.

Disable drag & drop

Drag and drop editing allows you to select text in the normal manner and then copy or move the selected text by dragging it to a new location with the mouse. No keyboard interaction is required. If this option is selected it will disable the Drag and drop editing feature.

Lock insert mode key

This setting causes the editor to lock the Insert key in insert mode and not allow a toggle to overstrike mode. If this is set this will be true for normal text editing as well as Column mode. The default setting is for this option not to be active.

Home key always goes to column 1

When checked, pressing Home will always move the caret to the first column. If not checked, pressing Home will move the caret to the first non-space character unless in that position, in which case it will go to the first column.

Disable left cursor from going to previous line

This setting causes the editor not to move up to the previous line if the caret is at the start of a line and the left arrow key is pressed. If this setting is not selected (default) the editor will allow the cursor to move to the end of the previous line.

Cursor off selection is from current position

If this option is selected, using an arrow key to move off of a selection will dismiss the selection and move the caret based on its current position. If this option is not selected, the cursor would always be moved from the end of the selection.

Allow selection of line with mouse in margin

This setting controls whether the editor will allow line selection by clicking/dragging the mouse in the left margin of the edit window. The default setting is checked, allowing the selection.

Enable copy/cut of current line with no selection is active

This setting causes the editor to copy/cut the active line to the active clipboard when the appropriate command is selected or the keyboard shortcut is used if there is no selected text.

Automatically copy to clipboard when selection is made

If this option is selected, any selected text will automatically be copied to the clipboard upon selection, overwriting the current contents of the active clipboard.

Don't move focus to function list on refresh

If this option is selected, focus will not be moved from the active document to the function list automatically when the function list is refreshed (e.g. when F8 is pressed).