Adobe 65036570 Scripting Guide - Page 104

ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0 67 Scripting Dictionary Setting Script window preferences You can change the font of text in the Script window and define different colors for various code components. To change the default font of text in the Script window and the color of various code elements, you use Script window preferences. Director automatically colors different types of code elements unless you turn off Auto Coloring. To display the Explorer panel in the other windows, click the arrow icon in the splitter bar located between the Script Editor and the Explorer panel. Set Script window preferences 1 Select Edit > Preferences > Script. 2 To choose the default font, click the Font button and select settings from the Font dialog box. 3 To choose the default color of text in the Script window, select a color from the Color menu. 4 To choose the background color for the Script window, select a color from the Background color menu. 5 To make new Script windows automatically color certain code elements, select Auto Coloring. This option is on by default. With Auto Coloring off, all text appears in the default color. 6 To make new Script windows automatically format your scripts with proper indenting, select Auto Format. This option is on by default. Note: The auto coloring and auto formatting features do not apply to JavaScript syntax code. Therefore, if you are authoring scripts using JavaScript syntax, the Auto Coloring and Auto Format buttons in the Script window are disabled, and terms such as function, var, and this will appear in the default text color. 7 To make new Script windows display line numbers for your scripts, select Line Numbering. This option is on by default. 8 If Auto Coloring is on, select colors for the following code elements from the corresponding color menus: • Keywords • Comments • Literals • Custom (terms you define in your own code) 9 To change the line number column background color, click the Line Numbers color menu and choose a new color. 10 To change the location of the Call Stack, Variable, and Watcher panes in the Debugger window, select Left, Top, Right, or Bottom from the Debugger Panes menu. 11 Select Lingo or Javascript in the Default Script Type pop-up menu. Director uses the selected option as the default when opening the Explorer panel. Note: This is an application-level change that is retained after you close and re-open Director. 12 To move the Explorer panel to a different location adjacent to the Script Editor in the Script window, select Left, Top, Right, or Bottom in the Explorer Panel pop-up menu. By default, the Explorer panel appears to the left of the Script Editor. Note: When debugging the script, a separate instance of the Script Editor opens along with the Debugger panel. This document window can be reordered in the application by shuffling it with the other open windows.