diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
index f8023050b..0c1ac9dc5 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.cpp
@@ -2495,9 +2495,9 @@ void NppParameters::feedColumnEditorParameters(TiXmlNode *node)
 	if (strVal)
 	{
 		if (lstrcmp(strVal, TEXT("text")) == 0)
-			_columnEditParam._mainChoice = false;
+			_columnEditParam._mainChoice = activeText;
 		else
-			_columnEditParam._mainChoice = true;
+			_columnEditParam._mainChoice = activeNumeric;
 	}
 	TiXmlNode *childNode = columnEditorRoot->FirstChildElement(TEXT("text"));
 	if (!childNode) return;
@@ -4101,7 +4101,7 @@ bool NppParameters::writeColumnEditorSettings() const
 
 	// Create the new ColumnEditor root
 	TiXmlElement columnEditorRootNode{TEXT("ColumnEditor")};
-	(columnEditorRootNode.ToElement())->SetAttribute(TEXT("choice"), _columnEditParam._mainChoice ? L"number" : L"text");
+	(columnEditorRootNode.ToElement())->SetAttribute(TEXT("choice"), _columnEditParam._mainChoice == activeNumeric ? L"number" : L"text");
 
 	TiXmlElement textNode{ TEXT("text") };
 	(textNode.ToElement())->SetAttribute(TEXT("content"), _columnEditParam._insertedTextContent.c_str());
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
index f2f8ffb08..4a396c272 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/Parameters.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ const int TAB_HIDE = 256;          //0001 0000 0000
 const int TAB_QUITONEMPTY = 512;   //0010 0000 0000
 const int TAB_ALTICONS = 1024;     //0100 0000 0000
 
+const bool activeText = true;
+const bool activeNumeric = false;
 
 enum class EolType: std::uint8_t
 {
@@ -1211,7 +1213,7 @@ struct ColumnEditorParam final
 {
 	enum leadingChoice : UCHAR { noneLeading, zeroLeading, spaceLeading };
 
-	bool _mainChoice = true; //  true (1): text   false (0): number 
+	bool _mainChoice = activeNumeric;
 
 	std::wstring _insertedTextContent;
 
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.cpp
index 945bcffa6..38f4f22f4 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ intptr_t CALLBACK ColumnEditorDlg::run_dlgProc(UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPAR
 			if (NppDarkMode::isEnabled())
 			{
 				const ColumnEditorParam& colEditParam = NppParameters::getInstance()._columnEditParam;
-				::EnableWindow(::GetDlgItem(_hSelf, IDC_COL_FORMAT_GRP_STATIC), !colEditParam._mainChoice);
+				::EnableWindow(::GetDlgItem(_hSelf, IDC_COL_FORMAT_GRP_STATIC), colEditParam._mainChoice == activeNumeric);
 			}
 			NppDarkMode::autoThemeChildControls(_hSelf);
 			return TRUE;
diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.h b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.h
index 8ed43851b..7183e48de 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.h
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/ScintillaComponent/columnEditor.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 
 class ScintillaEditView;
 
-const bool activeText = true;
-const bool activeNumeric = false;
 
 class ColumnEditorDlg : public StaticDialog
 {