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user308808
user308808

Reputation:

How to format html files in Eclipse?

The XML formatting works perfect but not the html formatting. In fact if I use "cmd-shift-F" for a html file, it just left aligns almost everything. I've attached the before and after pictures.

No eclipse html formatting applied

After eclipse html formatting applied

Does anyone know how to fix this? I played around with HTML formatting preferences but had no luck. Note that the same document, if it is saved as xml will format perfectly.

I am using eclipse 3.6 with WTP plugin.

Upvotes: 59

Views: 80879

Answers (5)

prasad vsv
prasad vsv

Reputation: 1168

go to Window --> preferences --> Web --> HTML files --> Editor.

In the Inline Elements section, select all the elements that you don't want eclipse to inline(continue with same line).

Click Apply and then Ok. Now re format using ctrl + shift + f.

Upvotes: 71

user3888750
user3888750

Reputation: 21

go to Window --> preferences --> Web --> HTML files --> Editor.

Make sure "Indentation Size" is not set to zero.

That's what did it for me.

Upvotes: 2

Fidele Fison
Fidele Fison

Reputation: 35

CTRL+SHIFT+F works fine.

Just click on the source codes you want to format and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F.

Upvotes: -2

Aaron Bono
Aaron Bono

Reputation: 117

Eclipse Juno release seems to do a good job. It doesn't handle tags (that is the div tag that closes itself). Not sure why anyone would use it but we have a project that has them sprinkled about, probably from some WYSISYG editor someone was using.

Upvotes: 0

Mike G
Mike G

Reputation: 4793

http://eclipsetidy.sourceforge.net/

You can specify your formatting preferences too: http://eclipsetidy.sourceforge.net/?act=preferences

Upvotes: 1

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