SlickEdit User Guide

ADAPTIVE FORMATTING
Formatting Option Path to Option in SlickEdit Description
Case for inserted tags [Language] > [Language]
Formatting Options
(Language-Specific
Formatting Options)
Case for inserted attributes [Language] > [Language]
Formatting Options
(Language-Specific
Formatting Options)
Case for inserted single
word values
[Language] > [Language]
Formatting Options
(Language-Specific
Formatting Options)
Case for hex values [Language] > [Language]
Formatting Options
(Language-Specific
Formatting Options)
Scanning for Styles in Use
Specifies the case for tags
that are automatically
inserted. See HTML
Formatting Options for more
information.
Specifies the case for tag
attributes that are
automatically inserted. See
HTML Formatting Options for
more information.
Specifies the case of word
values that are automatically
inserted inside a tag. See
HTML Formatting Options for
more information.
Specifies the case for hex
values that are automatically
inserted inside a tag. See
HTML Formatting Options for
more information.
Adaptive Formatting has two modes of scanning: automatic, which is the default behavior, and manual,
which lets you run a scan at any time to determine a file’s formatting styles in order to quickly save them as
the default settings.
By default, when you open a file for editing, Adaptive Formatting initially scans for the indent-related
settings that are in effect (Syntax indent, Indent with tabs, and Tabs), starting at the beginning of the file.
Thereafter, Adaptive Formatting scans as you type to determine brace settings, parentheses padding, and
other formatting styles. If Adaptive Formatting determines that the file is using a different formatting style
than the current language-specific setting, a dialog is displayed that shows the settings in effect. You can
then choose to use the settings or use the settings set for the language. Once the formatting style is
determined, the options for those styles are used as long as the buffer is open for editing.
For example, when you type a keyword such as if in a C/C++ file that uses formatting styles different from
the current settings, the C/C++ Adaptive Formatting Results dialog is displayed.
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