Automatic indentation on Eclipse PDT when copy-pasting

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This is a simple question :

Is there any automatic indentation alignment on Eclipse PDT when you do a copy-paste ?

Because it doesn't work on my installation (raw copy-paste), but maybe this is because I use tabs instead of spaces, so I want to know if it will work if I switch to spaces.

Thanks

Meri answered 18/3, 2010 at 13:6 Comment(0)

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Ok then I guess the answer is : no, this functionnality doesn't exists yet. I've moved to PhpStorm and I'm more than happy.

Meri answered 22/3, 2010 at 9:27 Comment(2)

Just to let everyone know, PhpStorm has this functionnality. – Meri 23/1, 2012 at 17:18

This is a super old post but since this is still the accepted answer I figure I'd note that Eclipse does have this feature now. For PHP development it is found under Window -> Preferences -> PHP -> Editor -> Typing -> "When Pasting" Adjust Indentation. – Suribachi 12/4, 2016 at 20:31

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Actually, such a function exists now for eclipse CDT. In preferences : C++ -> Editor -> Typing, "when pasting", "adjust indentation".

Perhaps it is the same for PDT ?

Agnesse answered 12/10, 2011 at 12:29 Comment(6)

(I know this question is 1 year old, question found via google, I answer for other googlers) – Agnesse 12/10, 2011 at 12:30

Thanks for the answer, even though the question is a year old, it still hold given no solution was found. I'll check that out if I open PDT again. – Meri 12/10, 2011 at 14:29

@Matthieu Found this searching on Google and solved my problem. You should accept his answer. – Asuncion 12/4, 2012 at 1:14

@Asuncion The question was for Eclipse PDT (and last time I checked there was no such functionnality) – Meri 23/4, 2012 at 12:26

@MatthieuNapoli Last time I checked (just now g), the same feature is available for the PHP Editor (although it's using global indentation and not the project specific one on my system). – Astronomy 10/9, 2014 at 13:41

The same functionality exists for Java. In preferences : Java -> Editor -> Typing, "when pasting", "adjust indentation". – Assume 10/2, 2015 at 10:40

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I don't know specifically about PDT, but normally you can indent code with Ctrl + i, and format code with Ctrl + Shift + f (under Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter you can specify how the formatter should work).

You can even select multiple files in the navigator and select Source -> Format to format several files then.

Scroop answered 18/3, 2010 at 13:23 Comment(3)

Yep, but I would like that to be performed on a "paste" automatically. – Meri 18/3, 2010 at 14:57

+1 Thank you very much, it has been a trouble to redefine the indentation by hand after copy paste! This solution Works great for me! – Yclept 16/12, 2012 at 14:35

Well, together it's actually just a slight roll of the wrist from ctrl + v to ctrl + shift + f @MatthieuNapoli. :) – Excellence 30/7, 2015 at 0:13

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Tony Vermeiren had a suggestion that worked for me (from https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=351771#c17)

open workspace/.metadata/.plugins/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.settings/org.eclipse.php.ui.prefs

add "smartPaste=false" at the end

save & restart eclipse

Overset answered 3/12, 2013 at 22:57 Comment(3)

"smartPaste" lol Yes it screw up my format in a very smart way with any interface to disabled that so so smart piece of shcode, is there a conspiracy or something for pushing bugs and ppor formating tools in eclipse? Why eclipse developers hate the other developers so much. – Oodles 16/11, 2015 at 10:43

Thank you so much for this. I was loosing my mind. Would give you some of my reputation points, but I can see you have much more of them than me :-) – Headrick 13/7, 2016 at 10:54

For CDT, replace "php" with "cdt". And as the author has said, do not forget to save the file and restart eclipse. This is a big time saver. – You 16/12, 2017 at 17:34

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A similar idea to Davids is the use of Save actions: in the Preferences selecting Java/Editor/Save actions you can define an action to format the java code files during saves. It would solve the paste format problems during the save.

If you manage codes with different coding standards, where this formatting might have problems, define multiple formats, on a per-project basis (using the Project properties window).

Alf answered 18/3, 2010 at 14:13 Comment(2)

There is no such option in Eclipse PHP ("PHP/Editor/Save actions"). Lucky Java. But still it would be on save, this is too bad it doesn't exists on a paste... – Meri 18/3, 2010 at 14:56

Sorry - I missed PDT for PDE. I hate these acronyms :). – Add 18/3, 2010 at 15:46

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Ok then I guess the answer is : no, this functionnality doesn't exists yet. I've moved to PhpStorm and I'm more than happy.

Meri answered 22/3, 2010 at 9:27 Comment(2)

Just to let everyone know, PhpStorm has this functionnality. – Meri 23/1, 2012 at 17:18

This is a super old post but since this is still the accepted answer I figure I'd note that Eclipse does have this feature now. For PHP development it is found under Window -> Preferences -> PHP -> Editor -> Typing -> "When Pasting" Adjust Indentation. – Suribachi 12/4, 2016 at 20:31

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TLDR: uncheck "C/C++->Editor->Typing->Adjust indentation"

Explanation:

When i copy paste the following:

And "C/C++->Editor->Typing->Adjust indentation" checked

The result is that the second line has unwanted indentation:

To fix this just uncheck "C/C++->Editor->Typing->Adjust indentation"

Annettannetta answered 16/5, 2019 at 6:29 Comment(0)

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