Dialog: Options – Ladder editor

Symbol: Dialog: Options – Ladder editor 1:

Function: The dialog is used to configure the presentation options for the Ladder Diagram editor.

Call: TwinCAT > PLC Environment > Ladder editor

General tab

View

Show network title

The network title is displayed in the upper left corner of the network.

Show network comment

The network comment is displayed in the upper left corner of the network. If TwinCAT also displays the network title, the comment appears in the line below.

Show box icon

The box icon is displayed in the box element in the Ladder editor. The standard operators also have symbols.

Show operand comment

TwinCAT displays the comment that you have assigned to a variable in the implementation part. The operand comment only refers to the local usage point of the variable, in contrast to the "symbol comment".

The comment is automatically truncated, depending on available space.

Show symbol comment

TwinCAT displays the comment that you have assigned to a variable or symbol in the declaration above the variable name. In addition to or instead of the symbol comment, you can also assign a local "operand comment".

Show symbol address

If an address is assigned to a symbol (variable), this address is displayed above the variable name.

Operand size

Maximum number of displayed lines

Maximum number of lines of the operand name which are displayed.

Maximum average characters per line

Maximum number of characters per line for displaying the operand name

Monitoring tab

Displayed digits for floating-point numbers

Selection list for the number of digits

Example: The value 750.15 for 5 set digits becomes 7.5e+02 for 2 set digits.

Displayed string length

Selection list for the number of characters