Code colors
These are the display items for which you can modify the foreground and background colours in the "COBOL Code colors" tab of the personal options.
| Display item | Description | 
| Default | This item covers everything not covered by the other items | 
| Comment | Code comments. | 
| Directive | Compiler directive statements. | 
| Number | Numeric Literals. | 
| Operator | Operators such as +, -, /, *, **, <=, =, NOT, AND, OR, etc. | 
| String | Alphanumeric Literals. | 
| Type identifier | Usage clause, for example: BINARY, COMP, DISPLAY, etc. | 
| Variable identifier | User-defined words. | 
| Whitespace | Background colour of spaces and tabs. The foreground colour is not relevant for this item. | 
| Identification division header | The identification division header. | 
| Identification division content | Identification division paragraphs. | 
| Program identifier | The program name. | 
| Function definition header or terminator | FUNCTION-ID and END FUNCTION statements. | 
| Environment division header | The environment division header. | 
| Environment division content | Environment division entry words. | 
| Environment division section header | Environment division sections. | 
| Environment division paragraph header | Environment division paragraphs. | 
| Data division header | The data division header. | 
| Data division content | Data division entry words. | 
| Data division section header | Data division sections. | 
| Data division paragraph header | Data division paragraphs. | 
| Procedure division header | The procedure division header. | 
| Procedure division content | Procedure division statement words. | 
| Procedure division section header | Procedure division sections. | 
| Intrinsic function name | COBOL Intrinsic function names. | 
| Verb | COBOL verbs. | 
| Flow control statement | Conditional and Loop expressions, such as IF/END-IF, EVALUATE, PERFORM. | 
| Special register | Special register words, such as RETURN-CODE, WHEN-COMPILED. | 
| Other keyword | Remaining COBOL keywords that do not fall under any of the above items. | 
| END PROGRAM | The end program statement. | 
Note: The foreground colour of Line numbers and Revision info along with the background colour of the editor itself, can be changed on the General tab of the personal options.
