Online Documentation for SQL Administrator for SQL Server

SQL Editor


Use this tab to set general options of Query Editor.

 

Options - SQL editor

 

 

General

!CheckBox Insert mode

If this option is checked, the insert symbols mode is on by default.

 

!CheckBox Auto indent

If this option is checked, each new indention is th same as the previous one when editing SQL text.

Indents and outdents are used in the process of text editing to make the source code easier to read.

 

!CheckBox Drag and drop text ending

This option allows to drag and drop selected text.

 

!CheckBox Cursor beyond end of line

If this option is checked, the horizontal position of a cursor is kept. If you move the cursor (using the Up and Down arrow keys) onto a line having length less than the current cursor horizontal position, it will be positioned after the last symbol of the line.

 

!CheckBox Home key behaviour similar to Visual Studio

If this option is checked then the cursor is placed at the beginning of the string on the Home key press.

 

Tabs

Tab size

Define the tab length used when editing a text.

 

Specify the way the TAB key is processed: !RadioButton Tab to spaces (insert space characters) or !RadioButton Keep tabs (insert a tab character).

 

 

Display

Editor font

Use the drop-down list to set the font of a query text.

 

Font size

Use the drop-down list to set the font size of a query text.

 

Right margin

Define the position of the right text margin in the editor window.

 

!CheckBox Show line number

If this option is checked, line numbers are displayed in the SQL text editor window.

 

!CheckBox View white space

Check this option to show white spaces in the text of a query.