Brackets - unable to edit defaultPreferences.json file (trying to set linting to jshint but not jslint)

Question

I am running Brackets on a macbook pro and when I press cmd+, and try to edit the defaultPreferences.json file, it does not allow me to make any changes to the file (nothing happens when I type). If I restart Brackets I can edit the file, but after closing and re-opening the preferences file, the changes are reverted.

I have tried editing the json file with TextEdit while Brackets is closed, but Brackets still likes to reverse the changes.

Answer 1

I had similar issue , and i did open issue at Bracket's GitHub repository and here is the solution from its developers:-

defaultPreferences.json is a read-only file: take the options you want to modify and copy them to the brackets.json file on the other pane. This will override the defaults. You will also see code hints while typing the values in to brackets.json which will help picking the correct options.