Is there a setting to prevent Eclipse's formatter from inlining statements declared as blocks?

Question

I can't seem to find the formatter settings to prevent Eclipse from putting block style declarations on the same line.

For example, if I type the code like this:

private string[] myData={
    "someValue1",
    "someValue2",
    "someValue3",
    "someValue4",
    "someValue5",
    "someValue5"
}

Upon running Eclipse's Auto Formatter, the previous declaration then looks like:

private string[] myData={
    "someValue1", "someValue2", "someValue3", "someValue4", "someValue5", "someValue5"};

Is there a way to avoid this?

possible duplicate of [eclipse conditional formatting braces only for multiple lines](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5665247/eclipse-conditional-formatting-braces-only-for-multiple-lines) — Chandrayya G K, May 28 '14 at 05:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '14 at 17:25

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You can toggle the formatter by adding these tags:

//@formatter:off
private string[] myData = {
    "someValue1",
    "someValue2",
    "someValue3",
    "someValue4",
    "someValue5",
    "someValue5"
}
//@formatter:on

answered May 27 '14 at 17:25

martinez314

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 27 '14 at 17:32

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go to your formatter profile to the tab "Line Wrapping".
on the list (left) you choose "Array initializers" from "Expressions".
then bellow the list you choose "Wrap all elements, every element on a new line" from the "Line wrapping policy":

answered May 27 '14 at 17:32

herrlock

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Almost a good answer. This forces Eclipse to do wrap for array initializers with every element on a new line. The OP asked for something different however - to prevent joining in block declarations. That is achievable on the same panel, by clicking "Never join already wrapped lines" – Ordous May 27 '14 at 17:36

Is there a setting to prevent Eclipse's formatter from inlining statements declared as blocks?

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