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Customize design manager settings

Last updated: November 3, 2023

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Customize your developer experience with design manager settings. Settings include default design manager startup behavior, code settings for custom coded files, and JavaScript linting.

To access these settings:

  • In your HubSpot account, navigate to Marketing > Files and Templates > Design Tools.
  • In the bottom right, click Settings, then select Open settings.

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  • Click the Settings dropdown menu to select the type of settings you want to adjust.

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General settings

  • Open finder on start: when toggled on, the finder on the left will be open when the design manager is first accessed.
  • Update previewer when switching files: when toggled on, the design manager previewer will show the currently selected file. Enable this setting if you want to preview one file at a time.

Code settings

Appearance

  • Theme: the color scheme used by code editors.
  • Font: the primary font and font size used by the code editor.

Source

  • Tab size: the width of a tab character when pressing the tab key in the code editor.
  • Indent unit: the number of spaces a code block should be indented by smart indent.
  • Soft tabs: when toggled on, the tab key inserts space characters equal to Tab size instead of a tab character.
  • Smart indent: when toggled on, new lines follow the indentation set from the previous line.
  • Indent on formatting input: when toggled on, indent the same line on contextually sensitive input. For example, a case x: statement, or a closing } will be correctly indented when inserted.
  • Indent with tabs: when toggled on, auto indentation caused by smart indent or formatting input uses tabs.
  • Line wrapping: when toggled on, lines will be wrapped instead of requiring horizontal scrolling.
  • Auto close brackets: when toggled on, the code editor automatically closse bracket and quotation characters, such as:

    () [] {} ’’ ””
  • Auto close tags: when toggled on, the code editor automatically closes XML tags.
  • Match brackets: when toggled on, placing the cursor next to a bracket character highlights the corresponding opening or closing bracket.
  • Match tags: when toggled on, placing the cursor is next to a tag highlights the corresponding opening or closing tag.
  • Continue block comments: when toggled on, the code editor automatically continues block comments when creating new lines.

JavaScript linting settings

  • Click to toggle the Enable ESLint switch on or off. When toggled on, ESLint will run over JavaScript when viewing output in coded files.

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  • In the left panel, configure your ESLint settings. Learn more about configuring ESLint.
  • In the right panel, a JavaScript demo will reflect the changes you make on the left.
  • Click Restore default eslintrc to restore the default configuration.

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