# General Editor Window

The following features are available in all Editor windows, including plain text and INI file editors

Element | Description
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Source Editor Tabs | The top of the Source Editor has a tab for each open document. Each tab shows the name of the document. If the document has been modified and has not been saved the name of the document is displayed in bold in the tab. You can right-click a tab to access the following commands:
Close | Closes the selected file.
Close All | Closes all files that are open in the Source Editor area.
Close Other | Closes all files except for the selected file.
Clone | Opens a new tab for the same document. This command is particularly useful in combination with splitting the window so that you can view different parts of the same file simultaneously.
Maximize Window/Restore Window | Maximize Window hides other windows and expands the Source Editor to use all of the window space in the IDE. Restore Window returns the windows to the state that they were before you chose Maximize Window. You can also maximize and restore the Source Editor by double-clicking a tab.
Float/Dock Window | Opens document in an editor in a new window. If window is already floating, the Dock Window option appears instead.
New Document Tab Group/Collapse Document Tab Group | Splits the editor window into two groups of tabs and separates the selected tab into the new group. If a separate group of tabs exists, Collapse Document Tab Group combines these groups into one group.
Select in Projects | Highlights the file's node in the Projects window.
History | Opens a menu from which you can view the changes you made to the file or revert those changes.
[version control] | If the file is under version control, a menu item with the name of the version control system appears. The option opens a menu of relevant version control commands.
Diff To... | Diff the file to another file in its folder or another file open in the editor.
Copy File Path | Copies the path to the file to the clipboard.
Editors | Opens a menu from which you can choose either the source editor view or local history view.
Toolbar | The editor toolbar is at the top of the Source Editor window. The toolbar has buttons for various navigating and editing shortcuts, which vary according to the type of file you are editing. Hold the cursor over a button to display a description of the command.
Left Margin | The left margin displays annotation glyphs that indicate line status, such as warnings.
Error Stripe | The error stripe is the strip to the right of the right scroll bar and contains marks for various things in your file, such as errors, bookmarks, and comments for the To Do list. The error stripe represents the whole file, not just the lines currently displayed. You can immediately identify whether your file has any errors without having to scroll through the entire file. You can double-click a mark in the error stripe to jump to the line that the mark refers to.
Status Line | The Source Editor status line is in the bottom right corner of the IDE. The first area of the status line shows the current line number and row number in the form line:row. The second area of the status line indicates the insertion mode (INS or OVR). The text area on the right is used for status messages.

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