The Assistance page () of the Editor preferences includes the following options:
| Show syntax help as I type | If checked, enables display of a pop-up box to prompt for remaining syntax above the line you are typing. This prompt is a brief reminder, not the full syntax shown with text hover. |
| Highlight matching elements in code | If checked, enables the display of a marker at the position of the paired code element (for example, a bracket or a keyword that begins or ends a code block) corresponding to the element at the current cursor position. |
| Show description when proposing schema elements |
If checked, enables the inclusion of field descriptions in the right pane of the pop-up window when proposing completion options for schema references. See Balancing code-completion convenience and performance for more information. |
| For schema | If checked, enables display of a pop-up box identifying schema elements when you leave the cursor over them. |
| For keyword | If checked, enables display of a pop-up box containing a brief description and the syntax for ABL keywords and statements when you leave the cursor over them. |
| Milliseconds allowed for re-parsing | Specifies the maximum amount of time the ABL Editor will spend updating its analysis before building the list of completion proposals based on the last completed analysis. See Balancing code-completion convenience and performance for more information. |
| Automatically propose completion on "." and ":" | If checked, enables the auto-completion feature to activate whenever you type a period or colon in an appropriate place (in a class path for a period, in a database schema reference for a colon). If you disable this option, you can still access auto-completion by typing CTRL+SPACE. |
| Auto-bracketing | If checked, enables automatic insertion of the proper closing element (auto-bracketing) for any symbols that normally are used in pairs, such as parentheses, brackets, and quotation marks. |
| Exclude proposals (list) | Lets you selectively suppress specific types of code elements from assistance proposals. In the list, check the elements that you do not want to see. |
| Order of proposals (list) | Specifies the order in which assistance proposals are presented. To change the sequence, select an element and click Move Up or Move Down. |
| Automatically add USING statement instead of qualified name | If checked, adds the USING statement instead of qualified name. |
Apply stores your changes to the current workspace configuration. Restore Defaults resets the preferences to the Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge defaults.