Use of Colors in the Text Tab

Stylus Studio text editors use colors to distinguish the types of data in XML documents. The default colors for the XML Editor are described in the Table 13.

Table 13. Text Colors in Stylus Studio
Color	Type of Data
White	Document background
Royal blue	Markup
Black	XML declaration and text node contents
Pale blue	Schema definition
Purple	Element names defined in the DTD
Red	Attribute names
Dark blue	Attribute values
Orange	Element names not defined in the DTD

How to Change Colors

You can set colors for the text editors associated with different document types (XML, XQuery, XSLT, and so on) individually.

To change colors:

1. Select Tools > Options to display the Options dialog box.

2. Click Editor Format.

3. Select the editor type from the Editor drop-down list.

4. Set the font, size, and color for different document categories as desired.

5. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

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