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Bug 341491 - Formatter tabs-vs-spaces policy should defer to primary text editing setting by default
Summary: Formatter tabs-vs-spaces policy should defer to primary text editing setting ...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Text (show other bugs)
Version: 3.7   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-Text-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2011-03-31 10:27 EDT by Jesse Hutton CLA
Modified: 2011-03-31 11:56 EDT (History)
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Description Jesse Hutton CLA 2011-03-31 10:27:00 EDT 
Build Identifier: 20110218-0911

I had checked "insert spaces for tabs" in General -> Editors -> Text Editors. I found out later that I was still getting tabs inserted into my source code for indentation in some instances. After asking on IRC, I discovered the settings in Java -> Code style -> Formatter was to use tabs, so whenever I cleaned up the formatting of some of my source code using the format feature, it would insert tabs.

This seems confusing to me. By default the formatter should defer to the main preferences selection when considering tabs vs spaces.

And what is meant by "Mixed" mode in the formatter?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set "insert spaces for tabs" in the general text editor preferences
2. Write some code
3. Auto format a portion of the code
4. Tabs will be inserted for that portion
Comment 1 Dani Megert CLA 2011-03-31 11:56:29 EDT 
Sorry, the formatter preferences are provided by formatter profiles and we won't link them to the general preference.

"mixed" means you can have tabs and spaces.