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Behavior change when formatting else-if blocks [message #1705017]

Tue, 11 August 2015 08:53

Eclipse User

Hi

I've upgraded recently to Eclipse Mars. I've noticed a different behavior when formatting else-if blocks :

Before :

if (0==1)
{
   return 0;
}
else if (1==2)
{
   return 1;
}
else if (2==3)
{
   return 2;
}
else if (3==4)
{
   return 3;
}
else
{
   return 4;
}

With Eclipse Mars :

if (0==1)
{
   return 0;
}
else
   if (1==2)
{
   return 1;
}
else
      if (2==3)
{
   return 2;
}
else
         if (3==4)
{
   return 3;
}
else
{
   return 4;
}

This behavior occurs even if the option "Keep 'else if' on one line" is checked in the "Control Statements" tab of the formatter options. Any ideas how to fix this? Is there a workaround that I can use?

Thanks.

Re: Behavior change when formatting else-if blocks [message #1705340 is a reply to message #1705017]

Thu, 13 August 2015 17:53

Eclipse User

It's probably this bug; https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=472009
The workaround is to change policy for Line Wrapping -> Statements -> Compact 'if else' to "Do not wrap"

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