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<tr><td><code>scroll-lines</code></td><td>Number of lines to scroll per scroll wheel step</td><td><code>3</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>shell</code></td><td>Shell to use when running external commands</td><td>Unix: <code>["sh", "-c"]</code><br/>Windows: <code>["cmd", "/C"]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>line-number</code></td><td>Line number display: <code>absolute</code> simply shows each line's number, while <code>relative</code> shows the distance from the current line. When unfocused or in insert mode, <code>relative</code> will still show absolute line numbers</td><td><code>absolute</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>cursorline</code></td><td>Highlight all lines with a cursor</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>cursorcolumn</code></td><td>Highlight all columns with a cursor</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>gutters</code></td><td>Gutters to display: Available are <code>diagnostics</code> and <code>diff</code> and <code>line-numbers</code> and <code>spacer</code>, note that <code>diagnostics</code> also includes other features like breakpoints, 1-width padding will be inserted if gutters is non-empty</td><td><code>["diagnostics", "spacer", "line-numbers", "spacer", "diff"]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>auto-completion</code></td><td>Enable automatic pop up of auto-completion</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>auto-format</code></td><td>Enable automatic formatting on save</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>auto-save</code></td><td>Enable automatic saving on the focus moving away from Helix. Requires <ahref="https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/Terminal-Support">focus event support</a> from your terminal</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>idle-timeout</code></td><td>Time in milliseconds since last keypress before idle timers trigger. Used for autocompletion, set to 0 for instant</td><td><code>400</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>completion-trigger-len</code></td><td>The min-length of word under cursor to trigger autocompletion</td><td><code>2</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>completion-replace</code></td><td>Set to <code>true</code> to make completions always replace the entire word and not just the part before the cursor</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>auto-info</code></td><td>Whether to display info boxes</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>true-color</code></td><td>Set to <code>true</code> to override automatic detection of terminal truecolor support in the event of a false negative</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>undercurl</code></td><td>Set to <code>true</code> to override automatic detection of terminal undercurl support in the event of a false negative</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>rulers</code></td><td>List of column positions at which to display the rulers. Can be overridden by language specific <code>rulers</code> in <code>languages.toml</code> file</td><td><code>[]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>bufferline</code></td><td>Renders a line at the top of the editor displaying open buffers. Can be <code>always</code>, <code>never</code> or <code>multiple</code> (only shown if more than one buffer is in use)</td><td><code>never</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>color-modes</code></td><td>Whether to color the mode indicator with different colors depending on the mode itself</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>text-width</code></td><td>Maximum line length. Used for the <code>:reflow</code> command and soft-wrapping if <code>soft-wrap.wrap-at-text-width</code> is set</td><td><code>80</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>workspace-lsp-roots</code></td><td>Directories relative to the workspace root that are treated as LSP roots. Should only be set in <code>.helix/config.toml</code></td><td><code>[]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>left</code></td><td>A list of elements aligned to the left of the statusline</td><td><code>["mode", "spinner", "file-name"]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>center</code></td><td>A list of elements aligned to the middle of the statusline</td><td><code>[]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>right</code></td><td>A list of elements aligned to the right of the statusline</td><td><code>["diagnostics", "selections", "position", "file-encoding"]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>separator</code></td><td>The character used to separate elements in the statusline</td><td><code>"│"</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>mode.normal</code></td><td>The text shown in the <code>mode</code> element for normal mode</td><td><code>"NOR"</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>mode.insert</code></td><td>The text shown in the <code>mode</code> element for insert mode</td><td><code>"INS"</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>mode.select</code></td><td>The text shown in the <code>mode</code> element for select mode</td><td><code>"SEL"</code></td></tr>
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<p>The following statusline elements can be configured:</p>
<tr><td><code>file-name</code></td><td>The path/name of the opened file</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>file-base-name</code></td><td>The basename of the opened file</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>file-modification-indicator</code></td><td>The indicator to show whether the file is modified (a <code>[+]</code> appears when there are unsaved changes)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>file-encoding</code></td><td>The encoding of the opened file if it differs from UTF-8</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>file-line-ending</code></td><td>The file line endings (CRLF or LF)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>total-line-numbers</code></td><td>The total line numbers of the opened file</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>file-type</code></td><td>The type of the opened file</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>diagnostics</code></td><td>The number of warnings and/or errors</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>workspace-diagnostics</code></td><td>The number of warnings and/or errors on workspace</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>selections</code></td><td>The number of active selections</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>primary-selection-length</code></td><td>The number of characters currently in primary selection</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>position-percentage</code></td><td>The cursor position as a percentage of the total number of lines</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>separator</code></td><td>The string defined in <code>editor.statusline.separator</code> (defaults to <code>"│"</code>)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>spacer</code></td><td>Inserts a space between elements (multiple/contiguous spacers may be specified)</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>version-control</code></td><td>The current branch name or detached commit hash of the opened workspace</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>enable</code></td><td>Enables LSP integration. Setting to false will completely disable language servers regardless of language settings.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>display-signature-help-docs</code></td><td>Display docs under signature help popup</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>snippets</code></td><td>Enables snippet completions. Requires a server restart (<code>:lsp-restart</code>) to take effect after <code>:config-reload</code>/<code>:set</code>.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>goto-reference-include-declaration</code></td><td>Include declaration in the goto references popup.</td><td><code>true</code></td></tr>
<p>You may also have to activate them in the LSP config for them to appear, not just in Helix. Inlay hints in Helix are still being improved on and may be a little bit laggy/janky under some circumstances. Please report any bugs you see so we can fix them!</p>
<tr><td><code>git-global</code></td><td>Enables reading global <code>.gitignore</code>, whose path is specified in git's config: <code>core.excludefile</code> option</td><td>true</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>render</code></td><td>Whether to render whitespace. May either be <code>"all"</code> or <code>"none"</code>, or a table with sub-keys <code>space</code>, <code>nbsp</code>, <code>tab</code>, and <code>newline</code></td><td><code>"none"</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>characters</code></td><td>Literal characters to use when rendering whitespace. Sub-keys may be any of <code>tab</code>, <code>space</code>, <code>nbsp</code>, <code>newline</code> or <code>tabpad</code></td><td>See example below</td></tr>
<tr><td><code>layout</code></td><td>A vector of gutters to display</td><td><code>["diagnostics", "spacer", "line-numbers", "spacer", "diff"]</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>enable</code></td><td>Whether soft wrapping is enabled.</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>max-wrap</code></td><td>Maximum free space left at the end of the line.</td><td><code>20</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>max-indent-retain</code></td><td>Maximum indentation to carry over when soft wrapping a line.</td><td><code>40</code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>wrap-indicator</code></td><td>Text inserted before soft wrapped lines, highlighted with <code>ui.virtual.wrap</code></td><td><code>↪ </code></td></tr>
<tr><td><code>wrap-at-text-width</code></td><td>Soft wrap at <code>text-width</code> instead of using the full viewport size.</td><td><code>false</code></td></tr>
