Eclipse formatter changing comment indentation

Question

I've changed my eclipse formatter to using Spaces Only for indentation and an 'Indentation size' (and 'Tab size') of 2.

After making these changes, and no other changes from the built-in formatter, I now have a problem when pasting comments.

Instead of being indented correctly, for example:

  private String str1;
  // Correctly indented comment
  private String str2;

Now my comments are pasted in with no heading space and the space between the backslash and the comment text is removed, like so:

  private String str1;
//Incorrectly indented comment
  private String str2;

Is there some way to fix this behavior?

I have the Adjust Indentation property turned on under Java -> Editor -> Typing -> When pasting.

Installation details (from About):

Eclipse SDK

Version: 4.2.2

Build id: M20130204-1200

Answer 1

I think I could reproduce the problem that you are facing.

But it happens only if I copy from a source that is not indented. Is this your case?

Although I don’t have an explanation of why this happen, I think the fastest way to fix the indentation is to reapply the eclipse formatter to your code via Ctrl+A and then Ctrl+I.

The space between the backslash and the comment text still will not appear, but I hope it is not a big deal for you.