Eclipse: Setup and Configuration

Eclipse Configuration

set up Eclipse formatter

• import the code formatter from the repository into Eclipse (Preferences - Java - Code Style - Formatter - Import)

Eclipse - Editors Configuration

HTML

• Menu: Window > Preferences > Web > HTML Files > Editor
• set: Line Width to 180
• check: Align final bracket in multi-line element tags
• check: Indent using spaces
  • set: Indentation size to 4
• remove: input from Inline Elements
• uncheck: everything else (from the Formatting section)

XML

• Menu: Window > Preferences > XML > XML Files > Editor
• set: Line Width to 180
• check: Align final bracket in multi-line element tags
• check: Format comments
  • check: Join lines
• check: Indent using spaces
  • set: Indentation size to 4
• uncheck: everything else (from the Formatting section)