Change Window preferences

Respect System Setting: Respect your setting in the “Dock” system preferences.
Always: Always in tabs as long as more than one document is already opened.
Automatically: Only when you're working in full screen, or multiple documents are opened at once.
Manually: Only when explicitly open in tabs.

In the CotEditor app on your Mac, use Window preferences to customize the default window appearance such as widow size or line number display. To change these preferences, choose CotEditor > Preferences, then click Window.

Option	Description
Prefer Tabs	Choose when documents are opened in tabs instead of new windows: Respect System Setting: Respect your setting in the “Dock” system preferences. Always: Always in tabs as long as more than one document is already opened. Automatically: Only when you're working in full screen, or multiple documents are opened at once. Manually: Only when explicitly open in tabs.
Line numbers	Display line numbers on the left side of the editor.
Page guide	Display a page guide line at a specific column in the text editor area. Note that the display position differs according to the text font. The default font can be changed in the Appearance pane.
Writing direction	Choose the default writing direction in editors.
Overscroll	Choose the amount of the extra space at the bottom of the editor to scroll past the end of a document. By 0%, the scroll stops after reaching the end of the document; and by 100%, the scroll continues until only the last line is visible.
Status bar shows	Choose the information to display in the status bar, the area below the document window.
Window width/height	Set the default window size in pixel.
Split editor	Choose the default split orientation of editors.
Editor opacity	Drag the slider or input the percentage to change the default editor opacity.

Change Window preferences

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