EditorSettings

Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

Object that holds the project-independent editor settings.

Description

Object that holds the project-independent editor settings. These settings are generally visible in the Editor > Editor Settings menu.

Property names use slash delimiters to distinguish sections. Setting values can be of any Variant type. It’s recommended to use snake_case for editor settings to be consistent with the Godot editor itself.

Accessing the settings can be done using the following methods, such as:

GDScriptC#

var settings = EditorInterface.get_editor_settings()
# `settings.set("some/property", 10)` also works as this class overrides `_set()` internally.
settings.set_setting("some/property", 10)
# `settings.get("some/property")` also works as this class overrides `_get()` internally.
settings.get_setting("some/property")
var list_of_settings = settings.get_property_list()

EditorSettings settings = EditorInterface.Singleton.GetEditorSettings();
// `settings.set("some/property", value)` also works as this class overrides `_set()` internally.
settings.SetSetting("some/property", Value);
// `settings.get("some/property", value)` also works as this class overrides `_get()` internally.
settings.GetSetting("some/property");
Godot.Collections.Array<Godot.Collections.Dictionary> listOfSettings = settings.GetPropertyList();

Note: This class shouldn’t be instantiated directly. Instead, access the singleton using EditorInterface.get_editor_settings.

Properties

Methods

Signals

settings_changed() 🔗

Emitted after any editor setting has changed.

Constants

NOTIFICATION_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CHANGED = 10000 🔗

Emitted after any editor setting has changed. It’s used by various editor plugins to update their visuals on theme changes or logic on configuration changes.

Property Descriptions

bool debugger/auto_switch_to_remote_scene_tree 🔗

If true, automatically switches to the Remote scene tree when running the project from the editor. If false, stays on the Local scene tree when running the project from the editor.

bool debugger/profile_native_calls 🔗

If true, enables collection of profiling data from non-GDScript Godot functions, such as engine class methods. Enabling this slows execution while profiling further.

int debugger/profiler_frame_history_size 🔗

The size of the profiler’s frame history. The default value (3600) allows seeing up to 60 seconds of profiling if the project renders at a constant 60 FPS. Higher values allow viewing longer periods of profiling in the graphs, especially when the project is running at high framerates.

int debugger/profiler_frame_max_functions 🔗

The maximum number of script functions that can be displayed per frame in the profiler. If there are more script functions called in a given profiler frame, these functions will be discarded from the profiling results entirely.

Note: This setting is only read when the profiler is first started, so changing it during profiling will have no effect.

float debugger/remote_inspect_refresh_interval 🔗

The refresh interval for the remote inspector’s properties (in seconds). Lower values are more reactive, but may cause stuttering while the project is running from the editor and the Remote scene tree is selected in the Scene tree dock.

float debugger/remote_scene_tree_refresh_interval 🔗

The refresh interval for the remote scene tree (in seconds). Lower values are more reactive, but may cause stuttering while the project is running from the editor and the Remote scene tree is selected in the Scene tree dock.

bool docks/filesystem/always_show_folders 🔗

If true, displays folders in the FileSystem dock’s bottom pane when split mode is enabled. If false, only files will be displayed in the bottom pane. Split mode can be toggled by pressing the icon next to the res:// folder path.

Note: This setting has no effect when split mode is disabled (which is the default).

String docks/filesystem/textfile_extensions 🔗

List of file extensions to consider as editable text files in the FileSystem dock (by double-clicking on the files).

int docks/filesystem/thumbnail_size 🔗

The thumbnail size to use in the FileSystem dock (in pixels). See also filesystem/file_dialog/thumbnail_size.

float docks/property_editor/auto_refresh_interval 🔗

The refresh interval to use for the Inspector dock’s properties. The effect of this setting is mainly noticeable when adjusting gizmos in the 2D/3D editor and looking at the inspector at the same time. Lower values make the inspector refresh more often, but take up more CPU time.

float docks/property_editor/subresource_hue_tint 🔗

The tint intensity to use for the subresources background in the Inspector dock. The tint is used to distinguish between different subresources in the inspector. Higher values result in a more noticeable background color difference.

bool docks/scene_tree/auto_expand_to_selected 🔗

If true, the scene tree dock will automatically unfold nodes when a node that has folded parents is selected.

bool docks/scene_tree/center_node_on_reparent 🔗

If true, new node created when reparenting node(s) will be positioned at the average position of the selected node(s).

bool docks/scene_tree/start_create_dialog_fully_expanded 🔗

If true, the Create dialog (Create New Node/Create New Resource) will start with all its sections expanded. Otherwise, sections will be collapsed until the user starts searching (which will automatically expand sections as needed).

Color editors/2d/bone_color1 🔗

The “start” stop of the color gradient to use for bones in the 2D skeleton editor.

Color editors/2d/bone_color2 🔗

The “end” stop of the color gradient to use for bones in the 2D skeleton editor.

Color editors/2d/bone_ik_color 🔗

The color to use for inverse kinematics-enabled bones in the 2D skeleton editor.

Color editors/2d/bone_outline_color 🔗

The outline color to use for non-selected bones in the 2D skeleton editor. See also editors/2d/bone_selected_color.

float editors/2d/bone_outline_size 🔗

The outline size in the 2D skeleton editor (in pixels). See also editors/2d/bone_width.

Note: Changes to this value only apply after modifying a Bone2D node in any way, or closing and reopening the scene.

Color editors/2d/bone_selected_color 🔗

The color to use for selected bones in the 2D skeleton editor. See also editors/2d/bone_outline_color.

float editors/2d/bone_width 🔗

The bone width in the 2D skeleton editor (in pixels). See also editors/2d/bone_outline_size.

Note: Changes to this value only apply after modifying a Bone2D node in any way, or closing and reopening the scene.

Color editors/2d/grid_color 🔗

The grid color to use in the 2D editor.

Color editors/2d/guides_color 🔗

The guides color to use in the 2D editor. Guides can be created by dragging the mouse cursor from the rulers.

Color editors/2d/smart_snapping_line_color 🔗

The color to use when drawing smart snapping lines in the 2D editor. The smart snapping lines will automatically display when moving 2D nodes if smart snapping is enabled in the Snapping Options menu at the top of the 2D editor viewport.

bool editors/2d/use_integer_zoom_by_default 🔗

If true, the 2D editor will snap to integer zoom values while not holding the Alt key and powers of two while holding it. If false, this behavior is swapped.

Color editors/2d/viewport_border_color 🔗

The color of the viewport border in the 2D editor. This border represents the viewport’s size at the base resolution defined in the Project Settings. Objects placed outside this border will not be visible unless a Camera2D node is used, or unless the window is resized and the stretch mode is set to disabled.

float editors/3d/default_fov 🔗

The default camera vertical field of view to use in the 3D editor (in degrees). The camera field of view can be adjusted on a per-scene basis using the View menu at the top of the 3D editor. If a scene had its camera field of view adjusted using the View menu, this setting is ignored in the scene in question. This setting is also ignored while a Camera3D node is being previewed in the editor.

Note: The editor camera always uses the Keep Height aspect mode.

float editors/3d/default_z_far 🔗

The default camera far clip distance to use in the 3D editor (in degrees). Higher values make it possible to view objects placed further away from the camera, at the cost of lower precision in the depth buffer (which can result in visible Z-fighting in the distance). The camera far clip distance can be adjusted on a per-scene basis using the View menu at the top of the 3D editor. If a scene had its camera far clip distance adjusted using the View menu, this setting is ignored in the scene in question. This setting is also ignored while a Camera3D node is being previewed in the editor.

float editors/3d/default_z_near 🔗

The default camera near clip distance to use in the 3D editor (in degrees). Lower values make it possible to view objects placed closer to the camera, at the cost of lower precision in the depth buffer (which can result in visible Z-fighting in the distance). The camera near clip distance can be adjusted on a per-scene basis using the View menu at the top of the 3D editor. If a scene had its camera near clip distance adjusted using the View menu, this setting is ignored in the scene in question. This setting is also ignored while a Camera3D node is being previewed in the editor.

int editors/3d/freelook/freelook_activation_modifier 🔗

The modifier key to use to enable freelook in the 3D editor (on top of pressing the right mouse button).

Note: Regardless of this setting, the freelook toggle keyboard shortcut (Shift + F by default) is always available.

Note: On certain window managers on Linux, the Alt key will be intercepted by the window manager when clicking a mouse button at the same time. This means Godot will not see the modifier key as being pressed.

float editors/3d/freelook/freelook_base_speed 🔗

The base 3D freelook speed in units per second. This can be adjusted by using the mouse wheel while in freelook mode, or by holding down the “fast” or “slow” modifier keys (Shift and Alt by default, respectively).

float editors/3d/freelook/freelook_inertia 🔗

The inertia of the 3D freelook camera. Higher values make the camera start and stop slower, which looks smoother but adds latency.

int editors/3d/freelook/freelook_navigation_scheme 🔗

The navigation scheme to use when freelook is enabled in the 3D editor. Some of the navigation schemes below may be more convenient when designing specific levels in the 3D editor.

• Default: The “Freelook Forward”, “Freelook Backward”, “Freelook Up” and “Freelook Down” keys will move relative to the camera, taking its pitch angle into account for the movement.

• Partially Axis-Locked: The “Freelook Forward” and “Freelook Backward” keys will move relative to the camera, taking its pitch angle into account for the movement. The “Freelook Up” and “Freelook Down” keys will move in an “absolute” manner, not taking the camera’s pitch angle into account for the movement.

• Fully Axis-Locked: The “Freelook Forward”, “Freelook Backward”, “Freelook Up” and “Freelook Down” keys will move in an “absolute” manner, not taking the camera’s pitch angle into account for the movement.

See also editors/3d/navigation/navigation_scheme.

float editors/3d/freelook/freelook_sensitivity 🔗

The mouse sensitivity to use while freelook mode is active in the 3D editor. See also editors/3d/navigation_feel/orbit_sensitivity.

bool editors/3d/freelook/freelook_speed_zoom_link 🔗

If true, freelook speed is linked to the zoom value used in the camera orbit mode in the 3D editor.

float editors/3d/grid_division_level_bias 🔗

The grid division bias to use in the 3D editor. Negative values will cause small grid divisions to appear earlier, whereas positive values will cause small grid divisions to appear later.

int editors/3d/grid_division_level_max 🔗

The largest grid division to use in the 3D editor. Together with editors/3d/primary_grid_steps, this determines how large the grid divisions can be. The grid divisions will not be able to get larger than primary_grid_steps ^ grid_division_level_max units. By default, when editors/3d/primary_grid_steps is 8, this means grid divisions cannot get larger than 64 units each (so primary grid lines are 512 units apart), no matter how far away the camera is from the grid.

int editors/3d/grid_division_level_min 🔗

The smallest grid division to use in the 3D editor. Together with editors/3d/primary_grid_steps, this determines how small the grid divisions can be. The grid divisions will not be able to get smaller than primary_grid_steps ^ grid_division_level_min units. By default, this means grid divisions cannot get smaller than 1 unit each, no matter how close the camera is from the grid.

int editors/3d/grid_size 🔗

The grid size in units. Higher values prevent the grid from appearing “cut off” at certain angles, but make the grid more demanding to render. Depending on the camera’s position, the grid may not be fully visible since a shader is used to fade it progressively.

bool editors/3d/grid_xy_plane 🔗

If true, render the grid on an XY plane. This can be useful for 3D side-scrolling games.

bool editors/3d/grid_xz_plane 🔗

If true, render the grid on an XZ plane.

bool editors/3d/grid_yz_plane 🔗

If true, render the grid on a YZ plane. This can be useful for 3D side-scrolling games.

bool editors/3d/navigation/emulate_3_button_mouse 🔗

If true, enables 3-button mouse emulation mode. This is useful on laptops when using a trackpad.

When 3-button mouse emulation mode is enabled, the pan, zoom and orbit modifiers can always be used in the 3D editor viewport, even when not holding down any mouse button.

Note: No matter the orbit modifier configured in editors/3d/navigation/orbit_modifier, Alt will always remain usable for orbiting in this mode to improve usability with graphics tablets.

bool editors/3d/navigation/emulate_numpad 🔗

If true, allows using the top row 0-9 keys to function as their equivalent numpad keys for 3D editor navigation. This should be enabled on keyboards that have no numeric keypad available.

bool editors/3d/navigation/invert_x_axis 🔗

If true, invert the horizontal mouse axis when panning or orbiting in the 3D editor. This setting does not apply to freelook mode.

bool editors/3d/navigation/invert_y_axis 🔗

If true, invert the vertical mouse axis when panning, orbiting, or using freelook mode in the 3D editor.

int editors/3d/navigation/navigation_scheme 🔗

The navigation scheme to use in the 3D editor. Changing this setting will affect the mouse buttons that must be held down to perform certain operations in the 3D editor viewport.

• Godot Middle mouse button to orbit, Shift + Middle mouse button to pan. Mouse wheel to zoom.

• Maya: Alt + Left mouse button to orbit. Middle mouse button to pan, Shift + Middle mouse button to pan 10 times faster. Mouse wheel to zoom.

• Modo: Alt + Left mouse button to orbit. Alt + Shift + Left mouse button to pan. Ctrl + Alt + Left mouse button to zoom.

See also editors/3d/freelook/freelook_navigation_scheme.

Note: On certain window managers on Linux, the Alt key will be intercepted by the window manager when clicking a mouse button at the same time. This means Godot will not see the modifier key as being pressed.

int editors/3d/navigation/orbit_modifier 🔗

The modifier key that must be held to orbit in the 3D editor.

Note: If editors/3d/navigation/emulate_3_button_mouse is true, Alt will always remain usable for orbiting to improve usability with graphics tablets.

Note: On certain window managers on Linux, the Alt key will be intercepted by the window manager when clicking a mouse button at the same time. This means Godot will not see the modifier key as being pressed.

int editors/3d/navigation/pan_modifier 🔗

The modifier key that must be held to pan in the 3D editor.

Note: On certain window managers on Linux, the Alt key will be intercepted by the window manager when clicking a mouse button at the same time. This means Godot will not see the modifier key as being pressed.

bool editors/3d/navigation/warped_mouse_panning 🔗

If true, warps the mouse around the 3D viewport while panning in the 3D editor. This makes it possible to pan over a large area without having to exit panning and adjust the mouse cursor.

int editors/3d/navigation/zoom_modifier 🔗

The modifier key that must be held to zoom in the 3D editor.

Note: On certain window managers on Linux, the Alt key will be intercepted by the window manager when clicking a mouse button at the same time. This means Godot will not see the modifier key as being pressed.

int editors/3d/navigation/zoom_style 🔗

The mouse cursor movement direction to use when zooming by moving the mouse. This does not affect zooming with the mouse wheel.

float editors/3d/navigation_feel/orbit_inertia 🔗

The inertia to use when orbiting in the 3D editor. Higher values make the camera start and stop slower, which looks smoother but adds latency.

float editors/3d/navigation_feel/orbit_sensitivity 🔗

The mouse sensitivity to use when orbiting in the 3D editor. See also editors/3d/freelook/freelook_sensitivity.

float editors/3d/navigation_feel/translation_inertia 🔗

The inertia to use when panning in the 3D editor. Higher values make the camera start and stop slower, which looks smoother but adds latency.

float editors/3d/navigation_feel/zoom_inertia 🔗

The inertia to use when zooming in the 3D editor. Higher values make the camera start and stop slower, which looks smoother but adds latency.

Color editors/3d/primary_grid_color 🔗

The color to use for the primary 3D grid. The color’s alpha channel affects the grid’s opacity.

int editors/3d/primary_grid_steps 🔗

If set above 0, where a primary grid line should be drawn. By default, primary lines are configured to be more visible than secondary lines. This helps with measurements in the 3D editor. See also editors/3d/primary_grid_color and editors/3d/secondary_grid_color.

Color editors/3d/secondary_grid_color 🔗

The color to use for the secondary 3D grid. This is generally a less visible color than editors/3d/primary_grid_color. The color’s alpha channel affects the grid’s opacity.

Color editors/3d/selection_box_color 🔗

The color to use for the selection box that surrounds selected nodes in the 3D editor viewport. The color’s alpha channel influences the selection box’s opacity.

Color editors/3d_gizmos/gizmo_colors/aabb 🔗

The color to use for the AABB gizmo that displays the GeometryInstance3D‘s custom AABB.

Color editors/3d_gizmos/gizmo_colors/instantiated 🔗

The color override to use for 3D editor gizmos if the Node3D in question is part of an instantiated scene file (from the perspective of the current scene).

Color editors/3d_gizmos/gizmo_colors/joint 🔗

The 3D editor gizmo color for Joint3Ds and PhysicalBone3Ds.

bool editors/animation/autorename_animation_tracks 🔗

If true, automatically updates animation tracks’ target paths when renaming or reparenting nodes in the Scene tree dock.

bool editors/animation/confirm_insert_track 🔗

If true, display a confirmation dialog when adding a new track to an animation by pressing the “key” icon next to a property. Holding Shift will bypass the dialog.

If false, the behavior is reversed, i.e. the dialog only appears when Shift is held.

bool editors/animation/default_create_bezier_tracks 🔗

If true, create a Bezier track instead of a standard track when pressing the “key” icon next to a property. Bezier tracks provide more control over animation curves, but are more difficult to adjust quickly.

bool editors/animation/default_create_reset_tracks 🔗

If true, create a RESET track when creating a new animation track. This track can be used to restore the animation to a “default” state.

Color editors/animation/onion_layers_future_color 🔗

The modulate color to use for “future” frames displayed in the animation editor’s onion skinning feature.

Color editors/animation/onion_layers_past_color 🔗

The modulate color to use for “past” frames displayed in the animation editor’s onion skinning feature.

float editors/grid_map/pick_distance 🔗

The maximum distance at which tiles can be placed on a GridMap, relative to the camera position (in 3D units).

int editors/panning/2d_editor_pan_speed 🔗

The panning speed when using the mouse wheel or touchscreen events in the 2D editor. This setting does not apply to panning by holding down the middle or right mouse buttons.

int editors/panning/2d_editor_panning_scheme 🔗

Controls whether the mouse wheel scroll zooms or pans in the 2D editor. See also editors/panning/sub_editors_panning_scheme and editors/panning/animation_editors_panning_scheme.

int editors/panning/animation_editors_panning_scheme 🔗

Controls whether the mouse wheel scroll zooms or pans in the animation track and Bezier editors. See also editors/panning/2d_editor_panning_scheme and editors/panning/sub_editors_panning_scheme (which controls the animation blend tree editor’s pan behavior).

bool editors/panning/simple_panning 🔗

If true, allows panning by holding down Space in the 2D editor viewport (in addition to panning with the middle or right mouse buttons). If false, the left mouse button must be held down while holding down Space to pan in the 2D editor viewport.

int editors/panning/sub_editors_panning_scheme 🔗

Controls whether the mouse wheel scroll zooms or pans in subeditors. The list of affected subeditors is: animation blend tree editor, Polygon2D editor, tileset editor, texture region editor and visual shader editor. See also editors/panning/2d_editor_panning_scheme and editors/panning/animation_editors_panning_scheme.

bool editors/panning/warped_mouse_panning 🔗

If true, warps the mouse around the 2D viewport while panning in the 2D editor. This makes it possible to pan over a large area without having to exit panning and adjust the mouse cursor.

float editors/polygon_editor/auto_bake_delay 🔗

The delay in seconds until more complex and performance costly polygon editors commit their outlines, e.g. the 2D navigation polygon editor rebakes the navigation mesh polygons. A negative value stops the auto bake.

int editors/polygon_editor/point_grab_radius 🔗

The radius in which points can be selected in the Polygon2D and CollisionPolygon2D editors (in pixels). Higher values make it easier to select points quickly, but can make it more difficult to select the expected point when several points are located close to each other.

bool editors/polygon_editor/show_previous_outline 🔗

If true, displays the polygon’s previous shape in the 2D polygon editors with an opaque gray outline. This outline is displayed while dragging a point until the left mouse button is released.

bool editors/shader_editor/behavior/files/restore_shaders_on_load 🔗

If true, reopens shader files that were open in the shader editor when the project was last closed.

bool editors/tiles_editor/display_grid 🔗

If true, displays a grid while the TileMap editor is active. See also editors/tiles_editor/grid_color.

Color editors/tiles_editor/grid_color 🔗

The color to use for the TileMap editor’s grid.

Note: Only effective if editors/tiles_editor/display_grid is true.

bool editors/tiles_editor/highlight_selected_layer 🔗

Highlight the currently selected TileMapLayer by dimming the other ones in the scene.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/color_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Color” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/conditional_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Conditional” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/input_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Input” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/output_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Output” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/particle_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Particle” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/scalar_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Scalar” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/special_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Special” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/textures_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Textures” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/transform_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Transform” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/utility_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Utility” category.

Color editors/visual_editors/category_colors/vector_color 🔗

The color of a graph node’s header when it belongs to the “Vector” category.

String editors/visual_editors/color_theme 🔗

The color theme to use in the visual shader editor.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/boolean_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of boolean type.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/sampler_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of sampler type.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/scalar_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of scalar type (float, int, unsigned int).

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/transform_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of transform type.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/vector2_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of Vector2 type.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/vector3_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of Vector3 type.

Color editors/visual_editors/connection_colors/vector4_color 🔗

The color of a port/connection of Vector4 type.

int editors/visual_editors/grid_pattern 🔗

The pattern used for the background grid.

float editors/visual_editors/lines_curvature 🔗

The curvature to use for connection lines in the visual shader editor. Higher values will make connection lines appear more curved, with values above 0.5 resulting in more “angular” turns in the middle of connection lines.

float editors/visual_editors/minimap_opacity 🔗

The opacity of the minimap displayed in the bottom-right corner of the visual shader editor.

int editors/visual_editors/visual_shader/port_preview_size 🔗

The size to use for port previews in the visual shader uniforms (toggled by clicking the “eye” icon next to an output). The value is defined in pixels at 100% zoom, and will scale with zoom automatically.

String filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path 🔗

The folder where projects should be scanned for (recursively), in a way similar to the project manager’s Scan button. This can be set to the same value as filesystem/directories/default_project_path for convenience.

Note: Setting this path to a folder with very large amounts of files/folders can slow down the project manager startup significantly. To keep the project manager quick to start up, it is recommended to set this value to a folder as “specific” as possible.

String filesystem/directories/default_project_path 🔗

The folder where new projects should be created by default when clicking the project manager’s New Project button. This can be set to the same value as filesystem/directories/autoscan_project_path for convenience.

String filesystem/external_programs/3d_model_editor 🔗

The program that opens 3D model scene files when clicking “Open in External Program” option in Filesystem Dock. If not specified, the file will be opened in the system’s default program.

String filesystem/external_programs/audio_editor 🔗

The program that opens audio files when clicking “Open in External Program” option in Filesystem Dock. If not specified, the file will be opened in the system’s default program.

String filesystem/external_programs/raster_image_editor 🔗

The program that opens raster image files when clicking “Open in External Program” option in Filesystem Dock. If not specified, the file will be opened in the system’s default program.

String filesystem/external_programs/terminal_emulator 🔗

The terminal emulator program to use when using Open in Terminal context menu action in the FileSystem dock. You can enter an absolute path to a program binary, or a path to a program that is present in the PATH environment variable.

If left empty, Godot will use the default terminal emulator for the system:

• Windows: PowerShell

• macOS: Terminal.app

• Linux: The first terminal found on the system in this order: gnome-terminal, konsole, xfce4-terminal, lxterminal, kitty, alacritty, urxvt, xterm.

To use Command Prompt (cmd) instead of PowerShell on Windows, enter cmd in this field and the correct flags will automatically be used.

On macOS, make sure to point to the actual program binary located within the Programs/MacOS folder of the .app bundle, rather than the .app bundle directory.

If specifying a custom terminal emulator, you may need to override filesystem/external_programs/terminal_emulator_flags so it opens in the correct folder.

String filesystem/external_programs/terminal_emulator_flags 🔗

The command-line arguments to pass to the terminal emulator that is run when using Open in Terminal context menu action in the FileSystem dock. See also filesystem/external_programs/terminal_emulator.

If left empty, the default flags are {directory}, which is replaced by the absolute path to the directory that is being opened in the terminal.

Note: If the terminal emulator is set to PowerShell, cmd, or Konsole, Godot will automatically prepend arguments to this list, as these terminals require nonstandard arguments to open in the correct folder.

String filesystem/external_programs/vector_image_editor 🔗

The program that opens vector image files when clicking “Open in External Program” option in Filesystem Dock. If not specified, the file will be opened in the system’s default program.

int filesystem/file_dialog/display_mode 🔗

The display mode to use in the editor’s file dialogs.

• Thumbnails takes more space, but displays dynamic resource thumbnails, making resources easier to preview without having to open them.

• List is more compact but doesn’t display dynamic resource thumbnails. Instead, it displays static icons based on the file extension.

bool filesystem/file_dialog/show_hidden_files 🔗

If true, display hidden files in the editor’s file dialogs. Files that have names starting with . are considered hidden (e.g. .hidden_file).

int filesystem/file_dialog/thumbnail_size 🔗

The thumbnail size to use in the editor’s file dialogs (in pixels). See also docks/filesystem/thumbnail_size.

String filesystem/import/blender/blender_path 🔗

The path to the directory containing the Blender executable used for converting the Blender 3D scene files .blend to glTF 2.0 format during import. Blender 3.0 or later is required.

To enable this feature for your specific project, use ProjectSettings.filesystem/import/blender/enabled.

int filesystem/import/blender/rpc_port 🔗

The port number used for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) communication with Godot’s created process of the blender executable.

Setting this to 0 effectively disables communication with Godot and the blender process, making performance slower.

float filesystem/import/blender/rpc_server_uptime 🔗

The maximum idle uptime (in seconds) of the Blender process.

This prevents Godot from having to create a new process for each import within the given seconds.

String filesystem/import/fbx/fbx2gltf_path 🔗

The path to the FBX2glTF executable used for converting Autodesk FBX 3D scene files .fbx to glTF 2.0 format during import.

To enable this feature for your specific project, use ProjectSettings.filesystem/import/fbx2gltf/enabled.

bool filesystem/on_save/compress_binary_resources 🔗

If true, uses lossless compression for binary resources.

bool filesystem/on_save/safe_save_on_backup_then_rename 🔗

If true, when saving a file, the editor will rename the old file to a different name, save a new file, then only remove the old file once the new file has been saved. This makes loss of data less likely to happen if the editor or operating system exits unexpectedly while saving (e.g. due to a crash or power outage).

Note: On Windows, this feature can interact negatively with certain antivirus programs. In this case, you may have to set this to false to prevent file locking issues.

String filesystem/tools/oidn/oidn_denoise_path 🔗

The path to the directory containing the Open Image Denoise (OIDN) executable, used optionally for denoising lightmaps. It can be downloaded from openimagedenoise.org.

To enable this feature for your specific project, use ProjectSettings.rendering/lightmapping/denoising/denoiser.

bool input/buffering/agile_event_flushing 🔗

If true, input events will be flushed just before every idle and physics frame.

If false, these events will be flushed only once per process frame, between iterations of the engine.

Enabling this setting can greatly improve input responsiveness, especially in devices that struggle to run at the project’s intended frame rate.

bool input/buffering/use_accumulated_input 🔗

If true, similar input events sent by the operating system are accumulated. When input accumulation is enabled, all input events generated during a frame will be merged and emitted when the frame is done rendering. Therefore, this limits the number of input method calls per second to the rendering FPS.

Input accumulation can be disabled to get slightly more precise/reactive input at the cost of increased CPU usage.

Note: Input accumulation is enabled by default.

int interface/editor/accept_dialog_cancel_ok_buttons 🔗

How to position the Cancel and OK buttons in the editor’s AcceptDialogs. Different platforms have different standard behaviors for this, which can be overridden using this setting. This is useful if you use Godot both on Windows and macOS/Linux and your Godot muscle memory is stronger than your OS specific one.

• Auto follows the platform convention: Cancel first on macOS and Linux, OK first on Windows.

• Cancel First forces the ordering Cancel/OK.

• OK First forces the ordering OK/Cancel.

bool interface/editor/automatically_open_screenshots 🔗

If true, automatically opens screenshots with the default program associated to .png files after a screenshot is taken using the Editor > Take Screenshot action.

String interface/editor/code_font 🔗

The font to use for the script editor. Must be a resource of a Font type such as a .ttf or .otf font file.

int interface/editor/code_font_contextual_ligatures 🔗

The font ligatures to enable for the currently configured code font. Not all fonts include support for ligatures.

Note: The default editor code font (JetBrains Mono) has contextual ligatures in its font file.

String interface/editor/code_font_custom_opentype_features 🔗

List of custom OpenType features to use, if supported by the currently configured code font. Not all fonts include support for custom OpenType features. The string should follow the OpenType specification.

Note: The default editor code font (JetBrains Mono) has custom OpenType features in its font file, but there is no documented list yet.

String interface/editor/code_font_custom_variations 🔗

List of alternative characters to use, if supported by the currently configured code font. Not all fonts include support for custom variations. The string should follow the OpenType specification.

Note: The default editor code font (JetBrains Mono) has alternate characters in its font file, but there is no documented list yet.

int interface/editor/code_font_size 🔗

The size of the font in the script editor. This setting does not impact the font size of the Output panel (see run/output/font_size).

float interface/editor/custom_display_scale 🔗

The custom editor scale factor to use. This can be used for displays with very high DPI where a scale factor of 200% is not sufficient.

Note: Only effective if interface/editor/display_scale is set to Custom.

int interface/editor/display_scale 🔗

The display scale factor to use for the editor interface. Higher values are more suited to hiDPI/Retina displays.

If set to Auto, the editor scale is automatically determined based on the screen resolution and reported display DPI. This heuristic is not always ideal, which means you can get better results by setting the editor scale manually.

If set to Custom, the scaling value in interface/editor/custom_display_scale will be used.

int interface/editor/dock_tab_style 🔗

Tab style of editor docks.

String interface/editor/editor_language 🔗

The language to use for the editor interface.

Translations are provided by the community. If you spot a mistake, contribute to editor translations on Weblate!

int interface/editor/editor_screen 🔗

The preferred monitor to display the editor.

bool interface/editor/expand_to_title 🔗

Expanding main editor window content to the title, if supported by DisplayServer. See DisplayServer.WINDOW_FLAG_EXTEND_TO_TITLE.

Specific to the macOS platform.

int interface/editor/font_antialiasing 🔗

FreeType’s font anti-aliasing mode used to render the editor fonts. Most fonts are not designed to look good with anti-aliasing disabled, so it’s recommended to leave this enabled unless you’re using a pixel art font.

bool interface/editor/font_disable_embedded_bitmaps 🔗

If set to true, embedded font bitmap loading is disabled (bitmap-only and color fonts ignore this property).

int interface/editor/font_hinting 🔗

The font hinting mode to use for the editor fonts. FreeType supports the following font hinting modes:

• None: Don’t use font hinting when rasterizing the font. This results in a smooth font, but it can look blurry.

• Light: Use hinting on the X axis only. This is a compromise between font sharpness and smoothness.

• Normal: Use hinting on both X and Y axes. This results in a sharp font, but it doesn’t look very smooth.

If set to Auto, the font hinting mode will be set to match the current operating system in use. This means the Light hinting mode will be used on Windows and Linux, and the None hinting mode will be used on macOS.

int interface/editor/font_subpixel_positioning 🔗

The subpixel positioning mode to use when rendering editor font glyphs. This affects both the main and code fonts. Disabled is the fastest to render and uses the least memory. Auto only uses subpixel positioning for small font sizes (where the benefit is the most noticeable). One Half of a Pixel and One Quarter of a Pixel force the same subpixel positioning mode for all editor fonts, regardless of their size (with One Quarter of a Pixel being the highest-quality option).

bool interface/editor/import_resources_when_unfocused 🔗

If true, (re)imports resources even if the editor window is unfocused or minimized. If false, resources are only (re)imported when the editor window is focused. This can be set to true to speed up iteration by starting the import process earlier when saving files in the project folder. This also allows getting visual feedback on changes without having to click the editor window, which is useful with multi-monitor setups. The downside of setting this to true is that it increases idle CPU usage and may steal CPU time from other applications when importing resources.

bool interface/editor/localize_settings 🔗

If true, setting names in the editor are localized when possible.

Note: This setting affects most EditorInspectors in the editor UI, primarily Project Settings and Editor Settings. To control names displayed in the Inspector dock, use interface/inspector/default_property_name_style instead.

int interface/editor/low_processor_mode_sleep_usec 🔗

The amount of sleeping between frames when the low-processor usage mode is enabled (in microseconds). Higher values will result in lower CPU/GPU usage, which can improve battery life on laptops. However, higher values will result in a less responsive editor. The default value is set to allow for maximum smoothness on monitors up to 144 Hz. See also interface/editor/unfocused_low_processor_mode_sleep_usec.

Note: This setting is ignored if interface/editor/update_continuously is true, as enabling that setting disables low-processor mode.

String interface/editor/main_font 🔗

The font to use for the editor interface. Must be a resource of a Font type such as a .ttf or .otf font file.

String interface/editor/main_font_bold 🔗

The font to use for bold text in the editor interface. Must be a resource of a Font type such as a .ttf or .otf font file.

int interface/editor/main_font_size 🔗

The size of the font in the editor interface.

bool interface/editor/mouse_extra_buttons_navigate_history 🔗

If true, the mouse’s additional side buttons will be usable to navigate in the script editor’s file history. Set this to false if you’re using the side buttons for other purposes (such as a push-to-talk button in a VoIP program).

int interface/editor/project_manager_screen 🔗

The preferred monitor to display the project manager.

bool interface/editor/save_each_scene_on_quit 🔗

If false, the editor will save all scenes when confirming the Save action when quitting the editor or quitting to the project list. If true, the editor will ask to save each scene individually.

bool interface/editor/save_on_focus_loss 🔗

If true, scenes and scripts are saved when the editor loses focus. Depending on the work flow, this behavior can be less intrusive than text_editor/behavior/files/autosave_interval_secs or remembering to save manually.

bool interface/editor/separate_distraction_mode 🔗

If true, the editor’s Script tab will have a separate distraction mode setting from the 2D/3D/AssetLib tabs. If false, the distraction-free mode toggle is shared between all tabs.

int interface/editor/show_internal_errors_in_toast_notifications 🔗

If enabled, displays internal engine errors in toast notifications (toggleable by clicking the “bell” icon at the bottom of the editor). No matter the value of this setting, non-internal engine errors will always be visible in toast notifications.

The default Auto value will only enable this if the editor was compiled with the dev_build=yes SCons option (the default is dev_build=no).

int interface/editor/show_update_spinner 🔗

If enabled, displays an icon in the top-right corner of the editor that spins when the editor redraws a frame. This can be used to diagnose situations where the engine is constantly redrawing, which should be avoided as this increases CPU and GPU utilization for no good reason. To further troubleshoot these situations, start the editor with the --debug-canvas-item-redraw command line argument.

Consider enabling this if you are developing editor plugins to ensure they only make the editor redraw when required.

The default Auto value will only enable this if the editor was compiled with the dev_build=yes SCons option (the default is dev_build=no).

Note: If interface/editor/update_continuously is true, the spinner icon displays in red.

Note: If the editor was started with the --debug-canvas-item-redraw command line argument, the update spinner will never display regardless of this setting’s value. This is to avoid confusion with what would cause redrawing in real world scenarios.

bool interface/editor/single_window_mode 🔗

If true, embed modal windows such as docks inside the main editor window. When single-window mode is enabled, tooltips will also be embedded inside the main editor window, which means they can’t be displayed outside of the editor window. Single-window mode can be faster as it does not need to create a separate window for every popup and tooltip, which can be a slow operation depending on the operating system and rendering method in use.

This is equivalent to ProjectSettings.display/window/subwindows/embed_subwindows in the running project, except the setting’s value is inverted.

Note: To query whether the editor can use multiple windows in an editor plugin, use EditorInterface.is_multi_window_enabled instead of querying the value of this editor setting.

int interface/editor/ui_layout_direction 🔗

Editor UI default layout direction.

int interface/editor/unfocused_low_processor_mode_sleep_usec 🔗

When the editor window is unfocused, the amount of sleeping between frames when the low-processor usage mode is enabled (in microseconds). Higher values will result in lower CPU/GPU usage, which can improve battery life on laptops (in addition to improving the running project’s performance if the editor has to redraw continuously). However, higher values will result in a less responsive editor. The default value is set to limit the editor to 20 FPS when the editor window is unfocused. See also interface/editor/low_processor_mode_sleep_usec.

Note: This setting is ignored if interface/editor/update_continuously is true, as enabling that setting disables low-processor mode.

bool interface/editor/update_continuously 🔗

If true, redraws the editor every frame even if nothing has changed on screen. When this setting is enabled, the update spinner displays in red (see interface/editor/show_update_spinner).

Warning: This greatly increases CPU and GPU utilization, leading to increased power usage. This should only be enabled for troubleshooting purposes.

bool interface/editor/use_embedded_menu 🔗

If true, editor main menu is using embedded MenuBar instead of system global menu.

Specific to the macOS platform.

bool interface/editor/use_native_file_dialogs 🔗

If true, editor UI uses OS native file/directory selection dialogs.

int interface/editor/vsync_mode 🔗

Sets the V-Sync mode for the editor. Does not affect the project when run from the editor (this is controlled by ProjectSettings.display/window/vsync/vsync_mode).

Depending on the platform and used renderer, the engine will fall back to Enabled if the desired mode is not supported.

Note: V-Sync modes other than Enabled are only supported in the Forward+ and Mobile rendering methods, not Compatibility.

bool interface/inspector/auto_unfold_foreign_scenes 🔗

If true, automatically expands property groups in the Inspector dock when opening a scene that hasn’t been opened previously. If false, all groups remain collapsed by default.

int interface/inspector/default_color_picker_mode 🔗

The default color picker mode to use when opening ColorPickers in the editor. This mode can be temporarily adjusted on the color picker itself.

int interface/inspector/default_color_picker_shape 🔗

The default color picker shape to use when opening ColorPickers in the editor. This shape can be temporarily adjusted on the color picker itself.

float interface/inspector/default_float_step 🔗

The floating-point precision to use for properties that don’t define an explicit precision step. Lower values allow entering more precise values.

int interface/inspector/default_property_name_style 🔗

The default property name style to display in the Inspector dock. This style can be temporarily adjusted in the Inspector dock’s menu.

• Raw: Displays properties in snake_case.

• Capitalized: Displays properties capitalized.

• Localized: Displays the localized string for the current editor language if a translation is available for the given property. If no translation is available, falls back to Capitalized.

Note: To display translated setting names in Project Settings and Editor Settings, use interface/editor/localize_settings instead.

bool interface/inspector/delimitate_all_container_and_resources 🔗

If true, add a margin around Array, Dictionary, and Resource Editors that are not already colored.

Note: If interface/inspector/nested_color_mode is set to Containers & Resources this parameter will have no effect since those editors will already be colored

bool interface/inspector/disable_folding 🔗

If true, forces all property groups to be expanded in the Inspector dock and prevents collapsing them.

float interface/inspector/float_drag_speed 🔗

Base speed for increasing/decreasing float values by dragging them in the inspector.

bool interface/inspector/horizontal_vector2_editing 🔗

If true, Vector2 and Vector2i properties are shown on a single line in the inspector instead of two lines. This is overall more compact, but it can be harder to view and edit large values without expanding the inspector horizontally.

bool interface/inspector/horizontal_vector_types_editing 🔗

If true, Vector3, Vector3i, Vector4, Vector4i, Rect2, Rect2i, Plane, and Quaternion properties are shown on a single line in the inspector instead of multiple lines. This is overall more compact, but it can be harder to view and edit large values without expanding the inspector horizontally.

int interface/inspector/max_array_dictionary_items_per_page 🔗

The number of Array or Dictionary items to display on each “page” in the inspector. Higher values allow viewing more values per page, but take more time to load. This increased load time is noticeable when selecting nodes that have array or dictionary properties in the editor.

int interface/inspector/nested_color_mode 🔗

Control which property editors are colored when they are opened.

• Containers & Resources: Color all Array, Dictionary, and Resource Editors.

• Resources: Color all Resource Editors.

• External Resources: Color Resource Editors that edits an external resource.

bool interface/inspector/open_resources_in_current_inspector 🔗

If true, subresources can be edited in the current inspector view. If the resource type is defined in interface/inspector/resources_to_open_in_new_inspector or if this setting is false, attempting to edit a subresource always opens a new inspector view.

PackedStringArray interface/inspector/resources_to_open_in_new_inspector 🔗

List of resources that should always be opened in a new inspector view, even if interface/inspector/open_resources_in_current_inspector is true.

Note: The returned array is copied and any changes to it will not update the original property value. See PackedStringArray for more details.

bool interface/inspector/show_low_level_opentype_features 🔗

If true, display OpenType features marked as hidden by the font file in the Font editor.

bool interface/multi_window/enable 🔗

If true, multiple window support in editor is enabled. The following panels can become dedicated windows (i.e. made floating): Docks, Script editor, and Shader editor.

Note: When interface/editor/single_window_mode is true, the multi window support is always disabled.

Note: To query whether the editor can use multiple windows in an editor plugin, use EditorInterface.is_multi_window_enabled instead of querying the value of this editor setting.

bool interface/multi_window/maximize_window 🔗

If true, when panels are made floating they will be maximized.

If false, when panels are made floating their position and size will match the ones when they are attached (excluding window border) to the editor window.

bool interface/multi_window/restore_windows_on_load 🔗

If true, the floating panel position, size, and screen will be saved on editor exit. On next launch the panels that were floating will be made floating in the saved positions, sizes and screens, if possible.

int interface/scene_tabs/display_close_button 🔗

Controls when the Close (X) button is displayed on scene tabs at the top of the editor.

int interface/scene_tabs/maximum_width 🔗

The maximum width of each scene tab at the top editor (in pixels).

bool interface/scene_tabs/restore_scenes_on_load 🔗

If true, when a project is loaded, restores scenes that were opened on the last editor session.

Note: With many opened scenes, the editor may take longer to become usable. If starting the editor quickly is necessary, consider setting this to false.

bool interface/scene_tabs/show_script_button 🔗

If true, show a button next to each scene tab that opens the scene’s “dominant” script when clicked. The “dominant” script is the one that is at the highest level in the scene’s hierarchy.

bool interface/scene_tabs/show_thumbnail_on_hover 🔗

If true, display an automatically-generated thumbnail when hovering scene tabs with the mouse. Scene thumbnails are generated when saving the scene.

Color interface/theme/accent_color 🔗

The color to use for “highlighted” user interface elements in the editor (pressed and hovered items).

int interface/theme/additional_spacing 🔗

The extra spacing to add to various GUI elements in the editor (in pixels). Increasing this value is useful to improve usability on touch screens, at the cost of reducing the amount of usable screen real estate.

See also interface/theme/spacing_preset.

Color interface/theme/base_color 🔗

The base color to use for user interface elements in the editor. Secondary colors (such as darker/lighter variants) are derived from this color.

int interface/theme/base_spacing 🔗

The base spacing used by various GUI elements in the editor (in pixels). See also interface/theme/spacing_preset.

int interface/theme/border_size 🔗

The border size to use for interface elements (in pixels).

float interface/theme/contrast 🔗

The contrast factor to use when deriving the editor theme’s base color (see interface/theme/base_color). When using a positive values, the derived colors will be darker than the base color. This contrast factor can be set to a negative value, which will make the derived colors brighter than the base color. Negative contrast rates often look better for light themes.

int interface/theme/corner_radius 🔗

The corner radius to use for interface elements (in pixels). 0 is square.

String interface/theme/custom_theme 🔗

The custom theme resource to use for the editor. Must be a Godot theme resource in .tres or .res format.

bool interface/theme/draw_extra_borders 🔗

If true, draws additional borders around interactive UI elements in the editor. This is automatically enabled when using the Black (OLED) theme preset, as this theme preset uses a fully black background.

bool interface/theme/follow_system_theme 🔗

If true, the editor theme preset will attempt to automatically match the system theme.

int interface/theme/icon_and_font_color 🔗

The icon and font color scheme to use in the editor.

• Auto determines the color scheme to use automatically based on interface/theme/base_color.

• Dark makes fonts and icons dark (suitable for light themes). Icon colors are automatically converted by the editor following the set of rules defined in this file.

• Light makes fonts and icons light (suitable for dark themes).

float interface/theme/icon_saturation 🔗

The saturation to use for editor icons. Higher values result in more vibrant colors.

Note: The default editor icon saturation was increased by 30% in Godot 4.0 and later. To get Godot 3.x’s icon saturation back, set interface/theme/icon_saturation to 0.77.

String interface/theme/preset 🔗

The editor theme preset to use.

float interface/theme/relationship_line_opacity 🔗

The opacity to use when drawing relationship lines in the editor’s Tree-based GUIs (such as the Scene tree dock).

String interface/theme/spacing_preset 🔗

The editor theme spacing preset to use. See also interface/theme/base_spacing and interface/theme/additional_spacing.

bool interface/theme/use_system_accent_color 🔗

If true, set accent color based on system settings.

Note: This setting is only effective on Windows and MacOS.

bool interface/touchscreen/enable_long_press_as_right_click 🔗

If true, long press on touchscreen is treated as right click.

Note: Defaults to true on touchscreen devices.

bool interface/touchscreen/enable_pan_and_scale_gestures 🔗

If true, enable two finger pan and scale gestures on touchscreen devices.

Note: Defaults to true on touchscreen devices.

bool interface/touchscreen/increase_scrollbar_touch_area 🔗

If true, increases the scrollbar touch area to improve usability on touchscreen devices.

Note: Defaults to true on touchscreen devices.

float interface/touchscreen/scale_gizmo_handles 🔗

Specify the multiplier to apply to the scale for the editor gizmo handles to improve usability on touchscreen devices.

Note: Defaults to 1 on non-touchscreen devices.

int network/connection/engine_version_update_mode 🔗

Specifies how the engine should check for updates.

• Disable Update Checks will block the engine from checking updates (see also network/connection/network_mode).

• Check Newest Preview (default for preview versions) will check for the newest available development snapshot.

• Check Newest Stable (default for stable versions) will check for the newest available stable version.

• Check Newest Patch will check for the latest available stable version, but only within the same minor version. E.g. if your version is 4.3.stable, you will be notified about 4.3.1.stable, but not 4.4.stable.

All update modes will ignore builds with different major versions (e.g. Godot 4 -> Godot 5).

int network/connection/network_mode 🔗

Determines whether online features are enabled in the editor, such as the Asset Library or update checks. Disabling these online features helps alleviate privacy concerns by preventing the editor from making HTTP requests to the Godot website or third-party platforms hosting assets from the Asset Library.

String network/debug/remote_host 🔗

The address to listen to when starting the remote debugger. This can be set to 0.0.0.0 to allow external clients to connect to the remote debugger (instead of restricting the remote debugger to connections from localhost).

int network/debug/remote_port 🔗

The port to listen to when starting the remote debugger. Godot will try to use port numbers above the configured number if the configured number is already taken by another application.

String network/http_proxy/host 🔗

The host to use to contact the HTTP and HTTPS proxy in the editor (for the asset library and export template downloads). See also network/http_proxy/port.

Note: Godot currently doesn’t automatically use system proxy settings, so you have to enter them manually here if needed.

int network/http_proxy/port 🔗

The port number to use to contact the HTTP and HTTPS proxy in the editor (for the asset library and export template downloads). See also network/http_proxy/host.

Note: Godot currently doesn’t automatically use system proxy settings, so you have to enter them manually here if needed.

String network/tls/editor_tls_certificates 🔗

The TLS certificate bundle to use for HTTP requests made within the editor (e.g. from the AssetLib tab). If left empty, the included Mozilla certificate bundle will be used.

String project_manager/default_renderer 🔗

The renderer type that will be checked off by default when creating a new project. Accepted strings are “forward_plus”, “mobile” or “gl_compatibility”.

int project_manager/directory_naming_convention 🔗

Directory naming convention for the project manager. Options are “No convention” (project name is directory name), “kebab-case” (default), “snake_case”, “camelCase”, “PascalCase”, or “Title Case”.

int project_manager/sorting_order 🔗

The sorting order to use in the project manager. When changing the sorting order in the project manager, this setting is set permanently in the editor settings.

bool run/auto_save/save_before_running 🔗

If true, saves all scenes and scripts automatically before running the project. Setting this to false prevents the editor from saving if there are no changes which can speed up the project startup slightly, but it makes it possible to run a project that has unsaved changes. (Unsaved changes will not be visible in the running project.)

int run/bottom_panel/action_on_play 🔗

The action to execute on the bottom panel when running the project.

int run/bottom_panel/action_on_stop 🔗

The action to execute on the bottom panel when stopping the project.

bool run/output/always_clear_output_on_play 🔗

If true, the editor will clear the Output panel when running the project.

int run/output/font_size 🔗

The size of the font in the Output panel at the bottom of the editor. This setting does not impact the font size of the script editor (see interface/editor/code_font_size).

int run/output/max_lines 🔗

Maximum number of lines to show at any one time in the Output panel.

bool run/platforms/linuxbsd/prefer_wayland 🔗

If true, on Linux/BSD, the editor will check for Wayland first instead of X11 (if available).

int run/window_placement/android_window 🔗

The Android window to display the project on when starting the project from the editor.

Note: Only available in the Android editor.

int run/window_placement/rect 🔗

The window mode to use to display the project when starting the project from the editor.

Vector2 run/window_placement/rect_custom_position 🔗

The custom position to use when starting the project from the editor (in pixels from the top-left corner). Only effective if run/window_placement/rect is set to Custom Position.

int run/window_placement/screen 🔗

The monitor to display the project on when starting the project from the editor.

bool text_editor/appearance/caret/caret_blink 🔗

If true, makes the caret blink according to text_editor/appearance/caret/caret_blink_interval. Disabling this setting can improve battery life on laptops if you spend long amounts of time in the script editor, since it will reduce the frequency at which the editor needs to be redrawn.

float text_editor/appearance/caret/caret_blink_interval 🔗

The interval at which the caret will blink (in seconds). See also text_editor/appearance/caret/caret_blink.

bool text_editor/appearance/caret/highlight_all_occurrences 🔗

If true, highlights all occurrences of the currently selected text in the script editor. See also text_editor/theme/highlighting/word_highlighted_color.

bool text_editor/appearance/caret/highlight_current_line 🔗

If true, colors the background of the line the caret is currently on with text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color.

int text_editor/appearance/caret/type 🔗

The shape of the caret to use in the script editor. Line displays a vertical line to the left of the current character, whereas Block displays an outline over the current character.

int text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_hard_column 🔗

The column at which to display a subtle line as a line length guideline for scripts. This should generally be greater than text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_soft_column.

int text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_soft_column 🔗

The column at which to display a very subtle line as a line length guideline for scripts. This should generally be lower than text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_hard_column.

bool text_editor/appearance/guidelines/show_line_length_guidelines 🔗

If true, displays line length guidelines to help you keep line lengths in check. See also text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_soft_column and text_editor/appearance/guidelines/line_length_guideline_hard_column.

bool text_editor/appearance/gutters/highlight_type_safe_lines 🔗

If true, highlights type-safe lines by displaying their line number color with text_editor/theme/highlighting/safe_line_number_color instead of text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_number_color. Type-safe lines are lines of code where the type of all variables is known at compile-time. These type-safe lines may run faster thanks to typed instructions.

bool text_editor/appearance/gutters/line_numbers_zero_padded 🔗

If true, displays line numbers with zero padding (e.g. 007 instead of 7).

bool text_editor/appearance/gutters/show_info_gutter 🔗

If true, displays a gutter at the left containing icons for methods with signal connections and for overridden methods.

bool text_editor/appearance/gutters/show_line_numbers 🔗

If true, displays line numbers in a gutter at the left.

int text_editor/appearance/lines/autowrap_mode 🔗

If text_editor/appearance/lines/word_wrap is set to 1, sets text wrapping mode. To see how each mode behaves, see AutowrapMode.

bool text_editor/appearance/lines/code_folding 🔗

If true, displays the folding arrows next to indented code sections and allows code folding. If false, hides the folding arrows next to indented code sections and disallows code folding.

int text_editor/appearance/lines/word_wrap 🔗

If true, wraps long lines over multiple lines to avoid horizontal scrolling. This is a display-only feature; it does not actually insert line breaks in your scripts.

int text_editor/appearance/minimap/minimap_width 🔗

The width of the minimap in the script editor (in pixels).

bool text_editor/appearance/minimap/show_minimap 🔗

If true, draws an overview of the script near the scroll bar. The minimap can be left-clicked to scroll directly to a location in an “absolute” manner.

bool text_editor/appearance/whitespace/draw_spaces 🔗

If true, draws space characters as centered points.

bool text_editor/appearance/whitespace/draw_tabs 🔗

If true, draws tab characters as chevrons.

int text_editor/appearance/whitespace/line_spacing 🔗

The space to add between lines (in pixels). Greater line spacing can help improve readability at the cost of displaying fewer lines on screen.

bool text_editor/behavior/files/auto_reload_scripts_on_external_change 🔗

If true, automatically reloads scripts in the editor when they have been modified and saved by external editors.

int text_editor/behavior/files/autosave_interval_secs 🔗

If set to a value greater than 0, automatically saves the current script following the specified interval (in seconds). This can be used to prevent data loss if the editor crashes.

bool text_editor/behavior/files/convert_indent_on_save 🔗

If true, converts indentation to match the script editor’s indentation settings when saving a script. See also text_editor/behavior/indent/type.

bool text_editor/behavior/files/restore_scripts_on_load 🔗

If true, reopens scripts that were opened in the last session when the editor is reopened on a given project.

bool text_editor/behavior/files/trim_final_newlines_on_save 🔗

If true, trims all empty newlines after the final newline when saving a script. Final newlines refer to the empty newlines found at the end of files. Since these serve no practical purpose, they can and should be removed to make version control diffs less noisy.

bool text_editor/behavior/files/trim_trailing_whitespace_on_save 🔗

If true, trims trailing whitespace when saving a script. Trailing whitespace refers to tab and space characters placed at the end of lines. Since these serve no practical purpose, they can and should be removed to make version control diffs less noisy.

bool text_editor/behavior/indent/auto_indent 🔗

If true, automatically indents code when pressing the Enter key based on blocks above the new line.

bool text_editor/behavior/indent/indent_wrapped_lines 🔗

If true, all wrapped lines are indented to the same amount as the unwrapped line.

int text_editor/behavior/indent/size 🔗

When using tab indentation, determines the length of each tab. When using space indentation, determines how many spaces are inserted when pressing Tab and when automatic indentation is performed.

int text_editor/behavior/indent/type 🔗

The indentation style to use (tabs or spaces).

Note: The GDScript style guide recommends using tabs for indentation. It is advised to change this setting only if you need to work on a project that currently uses spaces for indentation.

String text_editor/behavior/navigation/custom_word_separators 🔗

The characters to consider as word delimiters if text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_custom_word_separators is true. This is in addition to default characters if text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_default_word_separators is true. The characters should be defined without separation, for example _♥=.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/drag_and_drop_selection 🔗

If true, allows drag-and-dropping text in the script editor to move text. Disable this if you find yourself accidentally drag-and-dropping text in the script editor.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/move_caret_on_right_click 🔗

If true, the caret will be moved when right-clicking somewhere in the script editor (like when left-clicking or middle-clicking). If false, the caret will only be moved when left-clicking or middle-clicking somewhere.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/open_script_when_connecting_signal_to_existing_method 🔗

If true, opens the script editor when connecting a signal to an existing script method from the Node dock.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/scroll_past_end_of_file 🔗

If true, allows scrolling past the end of the file.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/smooth_scrolling 🔗

If true, enables a smooth scrolling animation when using the mouse wheel to scroll. See text_editor/behavior/navigation/v_scroll_speed for the speed of this animation.

Note: text_editor/behavior/navigation/smooth_scrolling currently behaves poorly in projects where ProjectSettings.physics/common/physics_ticks_per_second has been increased significantly from its default value (60). In this case, it is recommended to disable this setting.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/stay_in_script_editor_on_node_selected 🔗

If true, prevents automatically switching between the Script and 2D/3D screens when selecting a node in the Scene tree dock.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_custom_word_separators 🔗

If true, uses the characters in text_editor/behavior/navigation/custom_word_separators as word separators for word navigation and operations. This is in addition to the default characters if text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_default_word_separators is also enabled. Word navigation and operations include double-clicking on a word or holding Ctrl (Cmd on macOS) while pressing left, right, backspace, or delete.

bool text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_default_word_separators 🔗

If true, uses the characters in `!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}~, the Unicode General Punctuation table, and the Unicode CJK Punctuation table as word separators for word navigation and operations. If false, a subset of these characters are used and does not include the characters <>$~^=+|. This is in addition to custom characters if text_editor/behavior/navigation/use_custom_word_separators is also enabled. These characters are used to determine where a word stops. Word navigation and operations include double-clicking on a word or holding Ctrl (Cmd on macOS) while pressing left, right, backspace, or delete.

int text_editor/behavior/navigation/v_scroll_speed 🔗

The speed of scrolling in lines per second when text_editor/behavior/navigation/smooth_scrolling is true. Higher values make the script scroll by faster when using the mouse wheel.

Note: You can hold down Alt while using the mouse wheel to temporarily scroll 5 times faster.

bool text_editor/completion/add_node_path_literals 🔗

If true, uses NodePath instead of String when appropriate for code autocompletion or for drag and dropping object properties into the script editor.

bool text_editor/completion/add_string_name_literals 🔗

If true, uses StringName instead of String when appropriate for code autocompletion.

bool text_editor/completion/add_type_hints 🔗

If true, adds GDScript static typing hints such as -> void and : int when using code autocompletion or when creating onready variables by drag and dropping nodes into the script editor while pressing the Ctrl key. If true, newly created scripts will also automatically have type hints added to their method parameters and return types.

bool text_editor/completion/auto_brace_complete 🔗

If true, automatically completes braces when making use of code completion.

float text_editor/completion/code_complete_delay 🔗

The delay in seconds after which autocompletion suggestions should be displayed when the user stops typing.

bool text_editor/completion/code_complete_enabled 🔗

If true, code completion will be triggered automatically after text_editor/completion/code_complete_delay. Even if false, code completion can be triggered manually with the ui_text_completion_query action (by default Ctrl + Space or Cmd + Space on macOS).

bool text_editor/completion/colorize_suggestions 🔗

If true enables the coloring for some items in the autocompletion suggestions, like vector components.

bool text_editor/completion/complete_file_paths 🔗

If true, provides autocompletion suggestions for file paths in methods such as load() and preload().

float text_editor/completion/idle_parse_delay 🔗

The delay in seconds after which the script editor should check for errors when the user stops typing.

bool text_editor/completion/put_callhint_tooltip_below_current_line 🔗

If true, the code completion tooltip will appear below the current line unless there is no space on screen below the current line. If false, the code completion tooltip will appear above the current line.

bool text_editor/completion/use_single_quotes 🔗

If true, performs string autocompletion with single quotes. If false, performs string autocompletion with double quotes (which matches the GDScript style guide).

int text_editor/help/class_reference_examples 🔗

Controls which multi-line code blocks should be displayed in the editor help. This setting does not affect single-line code literals in the editor help.

int text_editor/help/help_font_size 🔗

The font size to use for the editor help (built-in class reference).

int text_editor/help/help_source_font_size 🔗

The font size to use for code samples in the editor help (built-in class reference).

int text_editor/help/help_title_font_size 🔗

The font size to use for headings in the editor help (built-in class reference).

bool text_editor/help/show_help_index 🔗

If true, displays a table of contents at the left of the editor help (at the location where the members overview would appear when editing a script).

bool text_editor/script_list/show_members_overview 🔗

If true, displays an overview of the current script’s member variables and functions at the left of the script editor. See also text_editor/script_list/sort_members_outline_alphabetically.

bool text_editor/script_list/sort_members_outline_alphabetically 🔗

If true, sorts the members outline (located at the left of the script editor) using alphabetical order. If false, sorts the members outline depending on the order in which members are found in the script.

Note: Only effective if text_editor/script_list/show_members_overview is true.

String text_editor/theme/color_theme 🔗

The syntax theme to use in the script editor.

You can save your own syntax theme from your current settings by using File > Theme > Save As… at the top of the script editor. The syntax theme will then be available locally in the list of color themes.

You can find additional syntax themes to install in the godot-syntax-themes repository.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/background_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color. If set to a translucent color, the editor theme’s base color will be visible behind.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/base_type_color 🔗

The script editor’s base type color (used for types like Vector2, Vector3, Color, …).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/bookmark_color 🔗

The script editor’s bookmark icon color (displayed in the gutter).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/brace_mismatch_color 🔗

The script editor’s brace mismatch color. Used when the caret is currently on a mismatched brace, parenthesis or bracket character.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/breakpoint_color 🔗

The script editor’s breakpoint icon color (displayed in the gutter).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/caret_background_color 🔗

The script editor’s caret background color.

Note: This setting has no effect as it’s currently unused.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/caret_color 🔗

The script editor’s caret color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/code_folding_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for the code folding icon (displayed in the gutter).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/comment_color 🔗

The script editor’s comment color.

Note: In GDScript, unlike Python, multiline strings are not considered to be comments, and will use the string highlighting color instead.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_background_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box background color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_existing_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box background color to highlight existing characters in the completion results. This should be a translucent color so that text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_selected_color can be seen behind.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_font_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box text color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_scroll_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box scroll bar color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_scroll_hovered_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box scroll bar color when hovered or pressed with the mouse.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/completion_selected_color 🔗

The script editor’s autocompletion box background color for the currently selected line.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/control_flow_keyword_color 🔗

The script editor’s control flow keyword color (used for keywords like if, for, return, …).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color for the line the caret is currently on. This should be set to a translucent color so that it can display on top of other line color modifiers such as text_editor/theme/highlighting/mark_color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/doc_comment_color 🔗

The script editor’s documentation comment color. In GDScript, this is used for comments starting with ##. In C#, this is used for comments starting with /// or /**.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/engine_type_color 🔗

The script editor’s engine type color (Vector2, Vector3, Color, …).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/executing_line_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for the debugger’s executing line icon (displayed in the gutter).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/folded_code_region_color 🔗

The script editor’s background line highlighting color for folded code region.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/function_color 🔗

The script editor’s function call color.

Note: When using the GDScript syntax highlighter, this is replaced by the function definition color configured in the syntax theme for function definitions (e.g. func _ready():).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/keyword_color 🔗

The script editor’s non-control flow keyword color (used for keywords like var, func, extends, …).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_length_guideline_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for the line length guideline. The “hard” line length guideline will be drawn with this color, whereas the “soft” line length guideline will be drawn with half of its opacity.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_number_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for line numbers. See also text_editor/theme/highlighting/safe_line_number_color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/mark_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color for lines with errors. This should be set to a translucent color so that it can display on top of other line color modifiers such as text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/member_variable_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for member variables on objects (e.g. self.some_property).

Note: This color is not used for local variable declaration and access.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/number_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for numbers (integer and floating-point).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/safe_line_number_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for type-safe line numbers. See also text_editor/theme/highlighting/line_number_color.

Note: Only displayed if text_editor/appearance/gutters/highlight_type_safe_lines is true.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/search_result_border_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for the border of search results. This border helps bring further attention to the search result. Set this color’s opacity to 0 to disable the border.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/search_result_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color for search results.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/selection_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color for the currently selected text.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/string_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for strings (single-line and multi-line).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/symbol_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for operators (( ) [ ] { } + - * /, …).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/text_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for text not highlighted by any syntax highlighting rule.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/text_selected_color 🔗

The script editor’s background color for text. This should be set to a translucent color so that it can display on top of other line color modifiers such as text_editor/theme/highlighting/current_line_color.

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/user_type_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for user-defined types (using class_name).

Color text_editor/theme/highlighting/word_highlighted_color 🔗

The script editor’s color for words highlighted by selecting them. Only visible if text_editor/appearance/caret/highlight_all_occurrences is true.

Method Descriptions

void add_property_info(info: Dictionary) 🔗

Adds a custom property info to a property. The dictionary must contain:

• name: String (the name of the property)

• type: int (see Variant.Type)

• optionally hint: int (see PropertyHint) and hint_string: String

Example:

GDScriptC#

var settings = EditorInterface.get_editor_settings()
settings.set("category/property_name", 0)
var property_info = {
    "name": "category/property_name",
    "type": TYPE_INT,
    "hint": PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM,
    "hint_string": "one,two,three"
}
settings.add_property_info(property_info)

var settings = GetEditorInterface().GetEditorSettings();
settings.Set("category/property_name", 0);
var propertyInfo = new Godot.Collections.Dictionary
{
    {"name", "category/propertyName"},
    {"type", Variant.Type.Int},
    {"hint", PropertyHint.Enum},
    {"hint_string", "one,two,three"}
};
settings.AddPropertyInfo(propertyInfo);

bool check_changed_settings_in_group(setting_prefix: String) const 🔗

Checks if any settings with the prefix setting_prefix exist in the set of changed settings. See also get_changed_settings.

void erase(property: String) 🔗

Erases the setting whose name is specified by property.

PackedStringArray get_changed_settings() const 🔗

Gets an array of the settings which have been changed since the last save. Note that internally changed_settings is cleared after a successful save, so generally the most appropriate place to use this method is when processing NOTIFICATION_EDITOR_SETTINGS_CHANGED.

PackedStringArray get_favorites() const 🔗

Returns the list of favorite files and directories for this project.

Variant get_project_metadata(section: String, key: String, default: Variant = null) const 🔗

Returns project-specific metadata for the section and key specified. If the metadata doesn’t exist, default will be returned instead. See also set_project_metadata.

PackedStringArray get_recent_dirs() const 🔗

Returns the list of recently visited folders in the file dialog for this project.

Variant get_setting(name: String) const 🔗

Returns the value of the setting specified by name. This is equivalent to using Object.get on the EditorSettings instance.

bool has_setting(name: String) const 🔗

Returns true if the setting specified by name exists, false otherwise.

void mark_setting_changed(setting: String) 🔗

Marks the passed editor setting as being changed, see get_changed_settings. Only settings which exist (see has_setting) will be accepted.

void set_builtin_action_override(name: String, actions_list: Array[InputEvent]) 🔗

Overrides the built-in editor action name with the input actions defined in actions_list.

void set_favorites(dirs: PackedStringArray) 🔗

Sets the list of favorite files and directories for this project.

void set_initial_value(name: StringName, value: Variant, update_current: bool) 🔗

Sets the initial value of the setting specified by name to value. This is used to provide a value for the Revert button in the Editor Settings. If update_current is true, the current value of the setting will be set to value as well.

void set_project_metadata(section: String, key: String, data: Variant) 🔗

Sets project-specific metadata with the section, key and data specified. This metadata is stored outside the project folder and therefore won’t be checked into version control. See also get_project_metadata.

void set_recent_dirs(dirs: PackedStringArray) 🔗

Sets the list of recently visited folders in the file dialog for this project.

void set_setting(name: String, value: Variant) 🔗

Sets the value of the setting specified by name. This is equivalent to using Object.set on the EditorSettings instance.

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