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Bug 348473

Summary:	The formatter:on / formatter:off keywords get ignored
Product:	[Eclipse Project] JDT	Reporter:	CommodoreFabianus
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Ayushman Jain <amj87.iitr>
Status:	CLOSED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3	CC:	amj87.iitr
Version:	3.7
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:

Description CommodoreFabianus

2011-06-06 16:27:01 EDT

Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

I tried to disable the formatter for few lines:
    private static boolean checkOpaqueMaterials(Material... materials) {
        // TODO: Reorganize
        // @formatter:off
        return checkMaterials(materials,
               ....
        // @formatter:on
    }

But the formatter ignores this, and formats the complete area.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create code like the posted above.
2. Format the file or selected text (including the disabled area)
3. The formatter will format every line.

Comment 1 Ayushman Jain

2011-06-07 02:02:05 EDT

I cannot reproduce this using 3.7RC4 build. Can you please provide a specific code snippet? Please also attach your formatter profile (export from the preferences page).

Btw, just to make sure, you have the "enable off/on tags" option checked in the formatter preferences and the tags configured as @formatter:on/off, right? This option is disabled by default.

Comment 2 CommodoreFabianus

2011-06-07 05:12:39 EDT

Okay sorry, but didn't know, that there was an option to enable.

Fabian