The Tools Menu
Prev
Next

The Tools Menu

Tools->Read Only Mode

Set the current document to Read Only mode. This prevents any text addition and any changes in the document formatting.

Tools->Filletype

Choose the filetype scheme you prefer for the active document. This overwrites the global filetype mode set in Settings->Configure Editor... in the Filetypes tab for your current document only.

Tools->Highlighting

Choose the Highlighting scheme you prefer for the active document. This overwrites the global highlighting mode set in Settings->Configure Editor... for your current document only.

Tools->Indentation

Choose the style of indentation you want for your active document. This overwrites the global indentation mode set in Settings->Configure Editor... for your current document only.

Tools->Encoding

You can overwrite the default encoding set in Settings->Configure Editor... in the Open/Save tab to set a different encoding for your current document. The encoding you set here will be only valid for your current document.

Tools->End of Line

Choose your prefered end of line mode for your active document. This overwrites the global end of line mode set in Settings->Configure Editor... for your current document only.

Tools->Spelling...

This initiates the spellchecking program - a program designed to help the user catch and correct any spelling errors. Clicking on this entry will start the checker and bring up the speller dialog box through which the user can control the process. There are four settings lined up vertically in the center of the dialog with their corresponding labels just to the left. Starting at the top they are:

Unknown word:

Here, the spellchecker indicates the word currently under consideration. This happens when the checker encounters a word not in its dictionary - a file containing a list of correctly spelled words against which it compares each word in the editor.

Replace with:

If the checker has any similar words in its dictionary the first one will be listed here. The user can accept the suggestion, type in his or her own correction, or choose a different suggestion from the next box.

Suggested Words:

The checker may list here a number of possible replacements for the word under consideration. Clicking on any one of the suggestions will cause that word to be entered in the Replacement: box, above.

Language:

If you have installed multiple dictionaries, here you can select which dictionary/language should be used.

On the right side of the dialog box are 5 buttons that allow the user to control the spellcheck process. They are:

Add to Dictionary

Pressing this button adds the word in the Misspelled Word: box to the checker's dictionary. This means that in the future the checker will always consider this word to be correctly spelled.

Replace

This button has the checker replace the word under consideration in the document with the word in the Replacement: box.

Replace All

This button causes the checker to replace not only the current Unknown word: but to automatically make the same substitution for any other occurrences of this Misspelled Word: in the document.

Ignore

Activating this button will have the checker move on without making any changes.

Ignore All

This button tells the checker to do nothing with the current Unknown word: and to pass over any other instances of the same word.

Note

This only applies to the current spellcheck run. If the checker is run again later it will stop on this same word.

Three more buttons are located horizontally along the bottom of the spellcheck dialog. They are:

Help

This invokes the TDE help system starting at the KWrite help pages (this document).

Finished

This button ends the spellcheck process, and returns to the document.

Cancel

This button cancels the spellcheck process, all modifications are reverted, and you will return to your document.

Tools->Spelling (from cursor)...

This initiates the spellchecking program but it starts where your cursor is instead of at the beginning of the document.

Tools->Spellcheck Selection...

Spellchecks the current selection.

Tools->Indent (Ctrl+I)

This increases the paragraph's indentation by one step. The size of the step depends on the indentation settings.

Tools->Unindent (Ctrl+Shift+I)

This reduces the paragraph's indentation by one step. The size of the step depends on the indentation settings.

Tools->Clean Indentation

This cleans the indentation for the current selection or for the line the cursor is currently in. Cleaning the indentation ensures that all your selected text follows the indentation mode you choose.

Tools->Align

Causes a realign of the current line or selected lines using the indentation mode and indentation settings in the doucment.

Tools->Comment (Ctrl+D)

This adds one space to the beginning of the line where the text cursor is located or to the beginning of any selected lines.

Tools->Uncomment (Ctrl+Shift+D)

This removes one space (if any exist) from the beginning of the line where the text cursor is located or from the beginning of any selected lines.

Tools->Uppercase (Ctrl+U)

Put the selected text or the letter after the cursor in uppercase.

Tools->Lowercase (Ctrl+Shift+U)

Put the selected text or the letter after the cursor in lowercase.

Tools->Capitalize (Alt+Ctrl+U)

Capitalize the selected text or the current word.

Tools->Join Lines (Ctrl+J)

Joins the selected lines, or the current line and the line below with one white space character as a separator. Leading/trailing white space on joined lines is removed in the affected ends.

Tools->Word Wrap Document

Apply static word wrapping on all the document. That means that a new line of text will automatically start when the current line exceeds the length specified by the Wrap words at: option in the Editing tab in Settings->Configure Editor...

Prev
Next
Home


Would you like to comment or contribute an update to this page?
Send feedback to the TDE Development Team