// pass options to ace.edit

ace.edit(element, {

mode: "ace/mode/javascript",

selectionStyle: "text"

})

// use setOptions method to set several options at once

editor.setOptions({

autoScrollEditorIntoView: true,

copyWithEmptySelection: true,

});

// use setOptions method

editor.setOption("mergeUndoDeltas", "always");

// some options are also available as methods e.g.

editor.setTheme(...)

// to get the value of the option use

editor.getOption("optionName");