IDM PowerTips
Character properties at your fingertips
Do you ever find yourself toggling into HEX mode to view the properties of a character, or did you not even know you could view the character properties in UltraEdit? Keep reading this tip to learn more of the POWER of UltraEdit!
Character Properties
Step 1: Position the cursor.
Place your cursor in front of the character which you would like to know the properties of:
![char_properties1 Writing a Macro<br />](https://www.ultraedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/char_properties1.png)
Step 2: Hit ALT + ENTER.
Hitting ALT + ENTER will give you all the properties you need to know without going into HEX Mode:
![char_properties Writing a Macro<br />](https://www.ultraedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/char_properties.png)
The way you may have done this in the past was by toggling into hex mode:
![hex_char_properties Writing a Macro<br />](https://www.ultraedit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hex_char_properties.png)