Change settings in CotEditor on Mac

Use CotEditor settings to adjust document handling and the editor’s appearance and behavior to fit the way you work.

  1. Go to the CotEditor app on your Mac.

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

    • General: Choose how documents open and save, and adjust other basic behaviors.

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

    • Window: Control how document windows look and behave.

    • Edit: Choose how the editor behaves while editing.

    • Mode: Choose how the editor behaves for different kinds of documents.

    • Format: Set document options such as line endings and text encoding, and manage syntaxes.

    • Snippets: Define text snippets that you can insert with a shortcut or by dropping a file onto the editor.

    • Key Bindings: Change keyboard shortcuts for menu commands.

    • Donation: Support the CotEditor project with a coffee donation.

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