Line separators

1. Press CtrlAlt0S to open settings and then select Editor | Code Style.

   tip

   To configure line separators for new projects, go to File | New Projects Setup | Settings for New Projects | Editor | Code Style.

2. Select the code style Scheme that you want to modify: the Project scheme or one of the IDE-level schemes.

3. From the Line separator list, select the line separator style you want to apply.

   • System-Dependent: select this option to use the separator default for your OS.

   • Unix and macOS (\n): select this option to use the Unix and macOS line separator.

   • Windows (\r\n): select this option to use the Windows line separator.

   • Classic Mac OS (\r): select this option to use the \r line separator, which was used in Classic Mac OS (up to Mac OS 9).

4. Apply the changes and close the dialog.

   

The line separator widget appears in the status bar of the IDE window when a file is open in the editor.

• Click the widget and select another line separator style.

  

• Alternatively, select another ending style in File | File Properties | Line Separators.

Changing the line separator style is reflected in the Local history of a file.

tip

If you cannot see the line separator widget in the status bar, go to View | Appearance | Status Bar Widgets in the main menu and enable the Line Separators option.

1. In the Project tool window (Alt01 or View | Tool Windows | Project), select a file or a directory.

   If you select a directory, the new line-ending style will be applied to all nested files recursively.

2. In the main menu, go to File | File Properties | Line Separators, and then select a line-ending style from the list.