Delphi's code formatter uses too many spaces (using menu...)

Question

I am using Delphi 10.4 Community Edition. I have used this program for a while now without problems, but now the code formatter (Menu -> Project -> Format Project Sources) formats everything correctly, except it doesn't use the common 2 spaces for indentations, but uses 8 spaces.

I didn't change anything. I was coding and formatting a few times and it worked well, but suddenly, while using the code formatter a few times in a project, it started formatting with 8 spaces before everything.

When I use the Ctrl+D keys, it formats normally using 2 spaces only.

Can anyone tell me why Delphi decided to use 8 spaces randomly, and how I can change it back to normal settings?

I tried Menu -> Tools -> Options -> Language -> Formatting -> Delphi -> Indent, and changed "indent at line continuation " to 3, which worked so far, but when I type in 1 or 2, it uses 4 instead of 1 or 2.

Why??

EDIT: Of course, reinstalling Delphi (probably also the whole Windows alongside my Delphi installation) would solve the problem, but I would like to avoid this.

Answer 1

This worked for me:

Tools>Options>Language>Formatter>Delphi>Profiles and Status, click Restore Defaults.

Answer 2

I am using Delphi 11.2 and this is still not solved.
I select Project -> Format Project Source and on some files it formats indenting with 2 spaces and in others with 8 spaces. If I press CTRL+D then it indents with 2 spaces.

I tryed to set to NO and then to YES de option "Line breaks before single instruction" but it didn't work.

I couldn't find any information on this bug.

Answer 3

In the Delphi Formatter settings under Line breaks, if you have "Line breaks before single instructions in control statements" set to "No" or "As is", any if statements with just a single instruction formats with too many spaces. If I set it back to "Yes", the formatting works as expected.

Seems to be a bug in the formatter.