Issue
Something weird is happening to my Eclipse that I never remember happening before. Basically if I've got a long statement and split it onto two lines, then everything after that gets indented a tab further than it should be. Here's an example:
public static class Shape {
enum Tetrominoes { NoShape, ZShape, SShape, LineShape, TShape,
SquareShape, LShape, MirroredLShape };
private Tetrominoes pieceShape;
private int coords[][];
private int[][][] coordsTable;
public Shape() {
coords = new int[4][2];
setShape(Tetrominoes.NoShape);
}
public void setShape(Tetrominoes shape) {
}
}
What it looks like with Ctrl+A, Ctrl+I:
public static class Shape {
enum Tetrominoes { NoShape, ZShape, SShape, LineShape, TShape,
SquareShape, LShape, MirroredLShape };
private Tetrominoes pieceShape;
private int coords[][];
private int[][][] coordsTable;
public Shape() {
coords = new int[4][2];
setShape(Tetrominoes.NoShape);
}
public void setShape(Tetrominoes shape) {
}
}
Now if I keep that enum on one line and auto-indent it, then it works out just fine. I just got a new laptop and put a fresh copy of Eclipse on it and didn't change any settings, so this is how the default auto-indent works. But I remember on my old laptop if I would split a statement onto two lines then everything else after that would still be properly aligned?
(Also at the start of this post I put "Hey guys," but it looks like StackOverflow automatically removed it? I tried editing the question and reinserting it but it still got removed once posting. I tried putting "Hey," but that got removed too. Does SO not believe in greetings??)
Solution
I was able to reproduce the issue.
It seems that the ending brace for the enum is confusing Eclipse. If you put that on a separate line the indentation starts working fine :
public static class Shape {
enum Tetrominoes { NoShape, ZShape, SShape, LineShape, TShape,
SquareShape, LShape, MirroredLShape
};
private Tetrominoes pieceShape;
private int coords[][];
private int[][][] coordsTable;
public Shape() {
coords = new int[4][2];
setShape(Tetrominoes.NoShape);
}
public void setShape(Tetrominoes shape) {
}
}
You can also attempt to format the code (Ctrl + Shift + F) followed by correcting indentation (Ctrl + A and Ctrl + I ). When you format the code, you'll notice that Eclipse also puts the ending brace on the next line instead of alongside the Enum constant body.
Answered By - Ashutosh Jindal
Answer Checked By - Robin (JavaFixing Admin)
