# Enum.ExternalEditorMode

Roblox Engine API enum from Roblox Studio 0.744.0.7441077 (version-7aaa6838d36c4448).

- HTML page: https://rapi.sleaze.dev/enums/ExternalEditorMode/
- Roblox documentation: https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/enums/ExternalEditorMode

Controls whether Roblox Studio opens scripts in the operating system's default editor or in a user-selected external editor.

## Items

| Name | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `SystemDefault` | 0 | Studio opens scripts using the operating system's default application for the file type. |
| `UserSelectedEditor` | 1 | Legacy name: `CustomEditor`. Studio opens scripts using the external editor executable specified in [`Studio.ExternalEditorSelection`](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Studio.md). |

## Used by

Each entry lists the class, then the role and names of the members that use this type.

- [Studio](https://rapi.sleaze.dev/classes/Studio.md): property `ExternalEditorMode`