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Item | Description |
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Caret blinking (ms) | Select this checkbox to make the caret blink with the specified period (in milliseconds). |
Use block caret | Select this checkbox to have the block caret applied in the Insert mode and the usual caret applied in the Overwrite mode. Clear this checkbox to have the usual caret applied in the Insert mode and the block caret applied in the Overwrite mode. |
Show hard wrap and visual guides (configured in Code Style options) | Select this checkbox to have a thin vertical line at the right margin of the editor displayed. Refer to the description of the Code Style settings. |
Show line numbers | Select this checkbox to have line numbering shown in the editor gutter. |
Show whitespaces | Select this checkbox to have AppCode display whitespaces or tabs (depending on the Code Style settings). You can select the following options:
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Show indent guides | Select this checkbox to display vertical lines in the editor to indicate positions of indents and thus facilitate typing, manual formatting, reading, and maintaining code. |
Show intention bulb | Whenever AppCode detects that your code can be modified or improved, a light bulb icon appears on the current line in the editor: |
Render documentation comments | Select this checkbox to always render documentation comments as text paragraphs with proper formatting and links right in the editor. Rendered comments are easier to read, and they don't overload your code with extra tags. |
Show parameter name hints | If the checkbox is selected, the parameter name hints appear in the editor for Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, and SQL. Click Configure to change the contents of the Blacklist. |
Enable HTML/XML tag tree highlighting | Select this checkbox to show the hierarchy of tags highlighted with different colors. If this option is enabled, you can define the following options:
 Highlighting is activated when there is more than one tag with the same name in the hierarchy. |
Show CSS color preview as background | If this checkbox is selected, the background of the color value shows the color preview:  By default, AppCode also shows color preview icons in the gutter. Clicking such icon invokes the Color Picker where you can change the color value.  To hide these gutter icons, clear the Color preview checkbox on the Gutter Icons page. See alsoChanging color values. |
Show Swift type hints | If the checkbox is selected, the inline type hints will be shown next to the variables declared without explicit type annotation. |
Show Swift error hints | If the checkbox is selected, the inline error hints will be shown next to the throwing function declarations and calls. |
Show closing labels in Dart source code | By default, AppCode inserts autogenerated comments (closing labels) after the closing parentheses of objects within the |
for intention actions and 
for quick-fixes. Clear this checkbox if you don't want to see these icons. You can still access the list of available actions and quick-fixes by pressing ⌥ ⏎.