System settings
Namespace: ace, area: general.
Where: Manage → System settings → filter by namespace ace.
On package upgrade existing values are not overwritten, except resolver logic for empty ace.snippets (see below).
Appearance and editor
| Key | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ace.theme | textfield | chrome | Ace theme: monokai, tomorrow_night, github, solarized_dark, … (full list in setting description) |
ace.font_size | textfield | 13px | Font size |
ace.word_wrap | combo-boolean | — | Wrap long lines (also Alt+Z) |
ace.soft_tabs | combo-boolean | Yes | Spaces instead of Tab character |
ace.tab_size | textfield | 4 | Tab width in spaces |
ace.fold_widgets | combo-boolean | Yes | Fold controls on the gutter |
ace.show_invisibles | combo-boolean | No | Spaces, tabs, line endings |
ace.height | textfield | empty | Editor height in px; empty: default height |
ace.grow | textfield | empty | Fit height to text: empty = off; number > 0 = max height; 0 = unlimited |
Behavior
| Key | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ace.auto_close_tags | combo-boolean | Yes | Auto-close brackets, quotes, HTML/MODX tags |
ace.draft_restore | combo-boolean | No | Drafts in localStorage; offer restore after reload (7-day TTL) |
ace.color_preview | combo-boolean | No | Tint #hex, rgb(), hsl() in CSS/HTML (capped at 2000 lines) |
ace.html_elements_mime | textfield | empty | MIME for templates, chunks, and HTML resources. Empty: auto (text/x-smarty with Fenom pdoTools, text/x-twig with Twiggy, else text/html) |
ace.snippets | textarea | empty / defaults | Tab snippets. On fresh install/upgrade, resolver writes defaults when empty |
Related MODX settings
| Key | Role for Ace |
|---|---|
which_element_editor | Must be Ace, or the plugin skips element forms |
use_editor | Enables RTE logic for resources (context value wins) |
which_editor | RTE name for resources. If not Ace and use_editor = Yes, Ace leaves #ta alone |
Material-like theme example
MODX Ace Material Theme: tomorrow_night, font size, CSS plugin.