To determine parameters of work in the development environment, click the
Settings button on the toolbar or select the View > IDE Settings main menu item. The parameters panel with three groups of settings opens.
Code editor settings can be saved to a JSON file for faster loading in the future. To save settings, select the File > Save Settings to File main menu item, after which a standard file saving dialog box opens. To load code editor settings from file, select the File > Open Settings from File main menu item, after which in the dialog box that opens select the required file.
The Syntax Highlighting group is used to determine display options for specific code parts in a macro window.

Set the parameters:
The Debug group contains the settings that determine the behavior if exceptions are thrown during debugging of a custom assembly, unit, or form.

Pause Execution on Exception. When the checkbox is selected, program execution is paused in case of exceptions. The checkbox is selected by default.
The Editor Parameters group contains form editor macro window settings.

Set the parameters:
Tab Size. It determines tab length, that is, the number of tabulated characters on pressing the TAB key.
Code Autocompletion. It allows for the use of the IntelliSense technology that analyzes code and displays certain code elements available for use. The checkbox is selected by default.
Automatic Code Formatting/Code Format Automatically. It is used to manage automatic text formatting of edited line. When the checkbox is selected, extra spaces are removed and missing spaces are added that are needed to create formatted lines for easy-to-read program text. The checkbox is selected by default.
Collapse Code Blocks/Show Expanded Blocks. It manages hierarchy signs visibility. They collapse a cycle, a procedure, a class, and so on, into one line. The checkbox is selected by default.
Show Line Numbers. It is used to enable automatic numeration of code lines in macro window. The checkbox is selected by default.
Unit Tabs. It is used to select the format of displaying tabs of opened development environment objects:
Show Names in Titles. Default value.
Show Identifiers in Titles.
Save before Compilation. It is used to select the saving method used on compilation:
Compiled Unit/Form Only.
All Opened Units/Forms. Default value.
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