Using Annotations

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Annotations are marks that indicate attributes of a line in the Source Editor. Examples of annotation types are breakpoints, bookmarks, the program counter, build errors, and so on. Some annotations apply to only parts of a line.

Annotations are indicated by highlighted lines, glyphs in the gray left margin of the Source Editor, or both. This left margin is called the glyph margin, and can optionally also include line numbers.

The tooltips of annotation glyphs describe at least the annotation type, and sometimes other related information. For example, the tooltip for the Build Errors glyph describes the build error.

To view the possible annotations for the modules in your IDE:

To toggle breakpoints, line numbers, and bookmarks in the glyph margin:

Multiple Annotations on One Line

If there are multiple annotations on one line, only one glyph is displayed in the glyph margin. You can cycle through multiple glyphs to display them one at a time.

To cycle through multiple annotations on one line:

You can set annotation properties to customize how multiple annotations are presented in the IDE. You can display some annotations on the background of the Source Editor. You can also specify whether to combine some annotation glyphs into a single glyph.

See Also
Annotation Properties
Displaying Line Numbers
Using Bookmarks
Source Editor Debugging Features

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