To Indent Code and Set the Left Margin of the Text Editor Window (Visual LISP IDE)

Text in the editor windows can be indented and a left margin can be set to help with code readability.

Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.

Indent selected lines of code

• Click in front of the line you want to indent and press Tab.

  A Tab character is inserted at the position of the cursor. You can control the indent amount of the Tab character by clicking Tools Window Attributes Configure Current and setting the Tab Width value.

Control the indent amount of the Tab character

1. In the Visual LISP IDE, click Tools Window Attributes Configure Current.
2. In the Windows Attributes dialog box, Tab Width, enter a new value. Click OK.

Set the left margin of the text editor window

1. In the Visual LISP IDE, click Tools Window Attributes Configure Current.
2. In the Windows Attributes dialog box, Left Margin, enter a new value. Click OK.