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Pressing Ctrl+Shift+F on a JSP editor in eclipse only formats the codes within html tags and jsp tags.

But my JSP file has a lots of JavaScript( unformatted) embedded using <script> </script>. So it very difficult to read the JavaScript code.

My Question is:

Is there any plugin or any other way to format those embedded JavaScript along with the HTML/JSP codes to make them readable?

If anyone has already figured out a way to do this, please let me know.

gtiwari333
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    It's better to place js code in external files. Not only because of problems with syntax highlighting. Otherwise, you'll get a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken of code. – kirilloid Feb 08 '11 at 11:06
  • Actually that type of coding was done by some other people, and now we are maintaining it. its very difficult to read the codes unformatted code. Anyway thanks for suggestion. – gtiwari333 Oct 13 '11 at 18:03
  • And thanks for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken :D. Never heard of it before. – gtiwari333 Oct 13 '11 at 18:04

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Well, it seems there is no such way to Format the javascript code mixed into jsp.

Anyway, you can use following simple trick.

  • extract the javascript code into a .js file, format it there and copy the formatted code back to main file.
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First, affirming the important point provided by kirilloid above: avoid JS in HTML/JSP files.

Second, look at the SO discussion Is there a good JSP editor for Eclipse? for further information. Short answer: the Eclipse Web Tools Project (WTP) will format JavaScript in your JSPs.

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