prefixAreaMargin Parameter

prefixAreaMargin parameter

Use the prefixAreaMargin parameter to set or query the margin in pixels to be displayed on the screen between the prefix-area text and the edit area.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

prefixAreaMargin is scoped to the current view.
current.prefixAreaMargin is scoped to the current view.
default.prefixAreaMargin is globally scoped.
install.prefixAreaMargin is globally scoped.

Syntax
query prefixAreaMargin
set prefixAreaMargin [ default | n ]
query current.prefixAreaMargin
query default.prefixAreaMargin
set default.prefixAreaMargin [ install | n ]
query install.prefixAreaMargin 
Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set prefixAreaMargin command, the current view will use the value of default.prefixAreaMargin to display the prefix area.
n If you specify the n parameter for the set prefixAreaMargin command, the current view will use n pixels for the prefix area margin. If you specify the n parameter for the set default.prefixAreaMargin command, all document views that have the prefixAreaMargin set to default will use n pixels to display the prefix area margin.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.prefixAreaMargin command, all views with prefixAreaMargin set to default will use the value of install.prefixAreaMargin to determine the prefix area margin to display.

Description

If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set prefixAreaMargin command, default is assumed. If you do not specify any of the parameters for the set default.prefixAreaMargin command, install is assumed.

The query current.prefixAreaMargin command returns the number of pixels used to display the prefix area margin in the current view.

Examples
query prefixAreaMargin
set prefixAreaMargin 0
query current.prefixAreaMargin
query default.prefixAreaMargin
set default.prefixAreaMargin 5
query install.prefixAreaMargin 
query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter
prefixArea parameter
prefixAreaWidth parameter

default	If you specify the default parameter for the set prefixAreaMargin command, the current view will use the value of default.prefixAreaMargin to display the prefix area.
n	If you specify the n parameter for the set prefixAreaMargin command, the current view will use n pixels for the prefix area margin. If you specify the n parameter for the set default.prefixAreaMargin command, all document views that have the prefixAreaMargin set to default will use n pixels to display the prefix area margin.
install	If you specify the install parameter for the set default.prefixAreaMargin command, all views with prefixAreaMargin set to default will use the value of install.prefixAreaMargin to determine the prefix area margin to display.