The preview pane on this page demonstrates what each of these options will do to Java code in the editor.
Option |
Description |
Default |
|---|---|---|
| Insert a new line before an opening brace | The editor inserts a line break before opening a new brace. In other words, open braces always start at the beginning of a new line. | Off |
| Insert new lines in control statements | The editor inserts a line break before a new control statement. In other words, control statements (e.g., if, else, catch, finally, etc.) always start at the beginning of a new line. | Off |
| Clear all blank lines | The editor deletes all blank lines in the file. | Off |
| Insert new line between 'else if' | The editor inserts a new line between the words "else" and "if" in else-if statements. | Off |
| Insert a new line inside an empty block | The editor inserts a line break between empty braces. In other words, the left and right braces in an empty braces set will always appear on separate lines. An exception is if the right brace is followed by a keyword, in which case, the two braces appear on the same line. | On |
| Maximum Line Length | This is the maximum length of any one line. Lines longer than this number are split and wrapped. Entering 0 here disables line splitting completely. | 80 |
| Compact assignment |
The editor removes any spaces between a variable and an assignment
statement so that they are asymmetrical (e.g.,
a= b;).
|
Off |
| Indentation is represented by a tab | The editor uses tabs instead of spaces to represent indentations. | On |
| Amount of spaces representing a tab | If the editor uses spaces instead of tabs to represent indentations, this is the number of spaces that comprises a single indentation. | 4 |
| Preview pane | Shows an example of what your Java code will look like with the settings currently displayed on this page. | n/a |
Java editor
Java editor preferences
