Removing vertical line from the script window
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This line/bar does not let me use the whole window for scripting. whenever my code reaches that line shown, code automatically goes to the next line.
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Rana Banik
on 22 Mar 2019
Moved: Dyuman Joshi
on 9 Jan 2024
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Walter Roberson
on 22 Mar 2019
6 votes
That only applies to comments, not to commands. But to turn it off, use Preferences -> Editor/Debugger -> Language, and turn off "Wrap comments automatically while typing"
Euan Hughes
on 5 Jan 2023
1 vote
The answers seemed a little incomplete, so for anyone else wondering you can move/ disable the line via:
Preferences -> Editor/Debugger -> Display -> Right-hand text limit
Once here you can remove the line entirely (I think that'll stop auto-wrapping of non-comments entirely) or change the column limit.
For some reason, this setting doesn't seem to apply to comments. To change the num of columns comments can span, you go to:
Preferences -> Editor/Debugger -> Language -> Comment formatting
Similarly, once there you can stop comments from wrapping entirely, change the column limit & dictate whether the limit starts from the beginning of the comment, or the line the comment it on itself.
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Daniel Donahue
on 4 Feb 2024
Thanks for following up here.
The wrapping function doesn't seems to work for comments, I have to hit enter to get it to wrap down, and sometimes it automatically creates a % to keep it a comment, sometimes not...

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