How do I configure autoformatting in Eclipse?

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Margus picture Margus · Sep 8, 2009 · Viewed 16.1k times · Source

I dislike how auto format messes up empty cycle body, like:

Before

for (int i = 0; isTest(i); i++);

After

for (int i = 0; isTest(i); i++)
    ;

How to configure eclipse not to do this?

Answer

tddmonkey picture tddmonkey · Sep 8, 2009

Go to Windows -> Preferences, and in the options table select Java -> Code Style -> Formatter, then configure to your hearts content.

For future reference, in the Preferences menu you can just type in a search term to find all options for that term - so just going onto the Preferences menu and typing "format" will show you all options

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