In the C/C++ editor, you can:
- change the font
- set the background color
- show line numbers
- set color identifiers in the source code according to their role (e.g. typedefs, functions, variables, and fields)
- make code being excluded by conditional compilation be displayed on a gray background
- collapse and expand blocks of comments and preprocessor branches in C and C++ files in addition to functions, structures, and so on
- set a configurable code formatter with four predefined styles
- set typing assistance options, such as the closing of brackets, smart paste, and more
- configure context highlighting and change how the Code Assist feature works
- set support for overloaded operators, which includes semantic highlighting, marking occurrences, and open declaration (select Overloaded Operators in the Element list from )
- use the Search tab to search for references to overloaded operators
- right-click a function name in the editor and select Open call hierarchy to display the Call Hierarchy view that shows the loaded callers and calling functions for a selected C/C++ function.
Note: The IDE also shows overloaded operators in the Call Hierarchy view.
- navigate from a delete statement to the destructor method that is implicitly called
- control many other visual aspects of the C/C++ editor
You can do all this using C/C++ Editor or Text Editors preference pages:
C/C++ editor: Preferences.