Change settings in CotEditor on Mac

Use CotEditor settings to make the editor’s appearance, behavior, and document handling work best for you.

  1. Go to the CotEditor app on your Mac.

  2. Choose CotEditor > Settings, then click a settings pane:

    • General: Choose how documents are opened and saved and to adjust other basic behaviors.

    • Appearance: Set how documents appear, including font, line height, and colors.

    • Window: Control how document windows look and behave.

    • Edit: Choose how the editor behaves while editing.

    • Mode: Adjust how editors behave depending on the document type.

    • Format: Set the default options for documents, such as line endings and text encoding, and to manage syntaxes.

    • Snippets: Define preset text to create preset text that you can insert with a command or by dropping a file onto the editor.

    • Key Bindings: Change keyboard shortcuts for menu commands.

    • Donation: Support the CotEditor project by offering coffee.

To learn more about the options in a pane, click the Help button at the bottom of the pane.