New File Type
for Windows and Linux
for OS X
Ctrl+Alt+S
The dialog box opens when you click the Add button or select a custom file type and click the Edit button on the File Types page.
Use the dialog box to configure and re-configure presentation and highlighting of keywords, comments, numbers etc. in files of a specific custom file type. These settings make the basis for parsing files of this type in the editor.
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | In this text box, specify the name of the file type. |
| Description | In this text box, provide an optional description of the file type. |
| Syntax Highlighting | In this area, specify the character strings to indicate borders of comments, the numeric system used, and configure highlighting for brackets, braces, etc. syntax elements. |
| Line comment | In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the start of a single-line comment. |
| Only at line start | If this check box is selected, the character string that denotes the beginning of a line comment, is recognized as a comment if located in the first position of a line.
This check box becomes available if at least one character is inserted in the Line comment field. |
| Block comment start | In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the start of a block comment. |
| Block comment end | In this text box, specify the character string to indicate the end of a block comment. |
| Hex prefix | In this text box, specify the character string to indicate that the subsequent value is a hexadecimal number. For example,
0x.
|
| Number postfixes | In this text box, specify the character string to indicate which numeric system or unit is used. A postfix is a trailing string
of characters, for example,
e-3, kg
etc.
|
| Support paired braces | Select this check box, to have paired braces highlighted. |
| Support paired brackets | Select this check box, to have paired brackets highlighted. |
| Support paired parens | Select this check box, to have paired parentheses highlighted. |
| Support string escapes | Select this check box, to have string escapes highlighted. |
| Ignore case | Select this check box to have IntelliJ IDEA ignore case when processing file type extensions. |
| Keywords |
Use this area to flexibly configure highlighting of keywords by grouping them into sets and associating
each set with its own highlighting scheme.
The area consists of 4 tabs. In each tab, create a set of keywords using the Add and Remove buttons. To associate a keyword set 1-4 with a highlighting scheme, edit the corresponding Keyword1 - Keyword4 property on the Custom page of the Colors and Fonts dialog box. |
| Click this button to open the Add a new keyword dialog box and define the new keyword there. |
| Click this button to delete the selected keyword from the list. |