Everybody likes customizing stuff and learning secret stuff, right?

Well, we wanted to give you the scoop on some tweaks with the HTML Editor that give you a bit more control over how the tabs function. You'll need to edit the coffee.ini file.

Finding the coffee.ini File

Follow these steps to locate this file (you'll need to configure hidden files and folders to be visible in order to access this file):

Windows XP
  1. Open the My Computer folder. Select Tools > Folder Options > View tab.
  2. Scroll down and select Show Hidden Files and Folders. It's also a good idea to uncheck Hide Extensions for Known File Types.
  3. The coffee.ini file will be found here:

C:\Documents and Settings\[NAME]\Application Data\CoffeeCup Software\CoffeeCup HTML Editor\Settings\

Windows 7/Vista
  1. Open the My Computer folder. Select Organize > Folder and Search Options > View tab.
  2. Scroll down and select Show Hidden Files and Folders. It's also a good idea to uncheck Hide Extensions for Known File Types.
  3. The coffee.ini file will be found here:

C:\Users\[NAME]\AppData\Roaming\CoffeeCup Software\CoffeeCup HTML Editor\Settings\

Ok, let's try out some customizations!

Adjusting Tab Widths

Would you like your default tab sizes to be a bit larger when working in the HTML Editor? You can do this if you're using version 12.5  (Build 409) or higher! (Need to upgrade? Go here.)

You're going to be assigning a custom value to a field labeled "TabWidth". The minimum width you can use (in pixels) is 200 and the maximum width is 400.

  1. Edit your coffee.ini file.
  2. Look for TabWidth= and change its value to the new starting width you would like to use.
  3. After the changes are made, restart the HTML Editor.

Changing Open File Tab Order

This trick controls the tab order in which your files appear when you open them.

Simply change the value for the field "SelectionOrder" to one of the following:

  • 0 = Default Windows Selection order
  • 1 = Reverse Windows Selection order
  • 2 = File Tree order (default)