Preferences

Preferences that apply to the IDL Workbench interface — editor settings, syntax coloring, and code templates, for example — are controlled via the IDL Workbench Preferences dialog. See IDL Preferences for details on IDL's workbench preferences. To display the Preferences dialog, select Preferences from the Window menu of the IDL Workbench interface. IDL Workbench preferences are grouped together under the heading IDL.

Note that the Preferences dialog also allows you to modify preferences for features that are not specifically related to IDL. These preferences include things like the external editors associated with specific file types, tasks to be invoked when starting up or shutting down the workbench, and keybindings. These non-IDL preferences are part of the Eclipse framework on which the IDL Workbench is built.

Use the filter text field at the top of the tree view in the Preferences dialog to locate specific items in the Preferences dialog.

Note
IDL Workbench preferences apply only when the IDL Workbench is running, and have no bearing on IDL programs. IDL System preferences, which control how IDL executes code, are set within IDL itself. See IDL System Preferences for details.