Customise Class Browser Syntax Colours

How to Customise LearningWorks Class Browser Syntax Colours. Colour coding your code helps you to locate errors.

Customise Class Browser Syntax Colours

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Colour coding your code helps you to locate errors.

Sample of coloured code for the HoverFrog height: method, as can be seen in the class browser, using the colour option.

{Code Window}

Notice how the argument, aNumber, coloured green is easier to spot in its 3 locations, in the Code Window
You can tell by the colour it is the argument. Such information is invaluable when entering or trying to correct your code after errors have been found.
If a part of your code comes up in the wrong colour, would indicate your code is wrong
You can customize the colours used in the M206 version of LearningWorks. You can make items bold and/or in italics

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How to add colour

These instructions are for the M206 version of LearningWorks.
Start the program
In the Launcher window

Click on the Resourses Menu
Select Customise Class Browser Syntax Colours... option

In the Class Browser Syntax Colours Window see Diagram

Make sure you "Check the Use colour check box widget" for each Syntactic element, you wish to colour. There should be a X in it when checked. The default state for most elements is checked. If unchecked the colour is black.
Make your colour choices, or you may decide to leave the colours at the default colours. Note that the same colour is used for more than 1 syntactic elements, in the default mode
You can make any Syntactic element(s) bold to make them stand out
aYou can make any Syntactic element(s) italic if you wish.
IMPORTANT: The browsers will NOT be coloured unless there is a cross in the Affect browsers check box. Unfortunatly you have to do this step EVERY time you start LW, to obtain a coloured browser.
If any student finds a way of automatically saving the checking of this box, please let me know.
If you have made changes, and wish to save them click save.
Click Exit

{Browser Colours}

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Print this table to plan out your colour scheme

The bold items in the Syntactic element column, are my choice for particular attention. I.e. Choose easily recognised colour/bold/italic combinations.

My Colour Scheme
Syntax type	Syntactic element	Default colour	Your colour	Use Bold	Use Colour	Use Italic
Variable	argument
	temporary
	instance	Default colour, etc is same. I recommend a Change for 1 of them.
	class
	global
	undeclared
Literal	number	Default colour,etc is same Change if you wish
	array
	string
	symbol
	string
	character
	constant
Misc	comment	Default colour is same . This isOK		Default Yes		Default Yes
	methodComment	Default colour is same . This isOK				Default Yes
	selector	Black		Default Yes
	primitive

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Customise Class Browser Syntax Colours

Colour coding your code helps you to locate errors.

Sample of coloured code for the HoverFrog height: method, as can be seen in the class browser, using the colour option.

How to add colour

IMPORTANT: The browsers will NOT be coloured unless there is a cross in the Affect browsers check box. Unfortunatly you have to do this step EVERY time you start LW, to obtain a coloured browser.

Print this table to plan out your colour scheme

My Colour Scheme