Editor preferences

You can modify the settings of the editor from the Preferences window. The preferences window is opened from the File -> Preferences menu.

General

Load External Changes on App Focus

Enables scanning for external changes when the editor receives focus.

Open Bundle Target Folder

Enables opening of the target bundle folder after bundling process is done.

Enable Texture Compression

Enables texture compression for all builds made from the editor.

Escape Quits Game

Shutdown a running build of your game using the Esc key.

Track Active Tab in Asset Browser

The file edited in selected tab in the Editor pane will be selected in the Asset Browser (also known as the Asset pane).

Path to custom keymap

Absolute path to a file containing custom keyboard shortcuts.

Code

Custom Editor

Absolute path to an external editor. On macOS it should be the path to the executable inside the .app (eg /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/MacOS/Atom).

Open File

The pattern used by the custom editor to specify which file to open. The pattern {file} will be replaced by the filename to open.

Open File at Line

The pattern used by the custom editor to specify which file to open and on which line number. The pattern {file} will be replaced by the filename to open and {line} by the line number.

Code editor font

Name of a system installed font to use in the code editor. ◊

Extensions

Build Server

URL to the build server used when building a project containing native extensions. It is possible to add a username and access token to the URL for authenticated access to the build server. Use the following notation to specify the username and access token: username:token@build.defold.com. Authenticated access is required for Nintendo Switch builds and when running your own build server instance with authentication enabled (refer to the build server documentation for more information). The username and password can also be set as the system environment variables DM_EXTENDER_USERNAME and DM_EXTENDER_PASSWORD.

Build Server Headers

additional headers to the build server when building native extensions. It’s important for using CloudFlare service or similar services with extender.