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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


auto-pairs
Enable automatic insertion of pairs to parenthese, brackets, etc.
true


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