The Extension Rule Text Editor

The Rule Text section of an the Details region for an extension rule provides the following features for working with rule text.

  • Undo and redo of text edits

  • Line numbering

  • The Find control with Next and Previous buttons

  • The Find and Replace dialog box, opened by clicking the Find and Replace control

  • The Go to Line control, activated by clicking the Jump to line control

  • The rule text pane, expanded and restored by clicking the Maximize control. While the text pane is expanded, any validation errors are displayed in a region below the text pane.

  • The Collapse Pane slider, to hide the rule text pane

  • Colorization of keywords, literals, and comments

  • Colorized matching of brackets and parentheses (green if closed, red if not closed)

  • Automatic indenting of new lines