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Configuration
To override global configuration parameters, create a config.toml file located in your config directory:

Linux and Mac: ~/.config/helix/config.toml
Windows: %AppData%\helix\config.toml

Editor
[editor] section of the config.


Key
Description
Default


scrolloff
Number of lines of padding around the edge of the screen when scrolling.
3


mouse
Enable mouse mode.
true


middle-click-paste
Middle click paste support.
true


scroll-lines
Number of lines to scroll per scroll wheel step.
3


shell
Shell to use when running external commands.
Unix: ["sh", "-c"]
Windows: ["cmd", "/C"]


line-number
Line number display (absolute, relative)
absolute


smart-case
Enable smart case regex searching (case insensitive unless pattern contains upper case characters)
true


LSP
To display all language server messages in the status line add the following to your config.toml:
[lsp]
display-messages = true