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Removing whitespace from an 'if else' block with eclipse formatter

I currently have Eclipse formatter set up to format an 'if-else' statement like so:

if(condition) {
  return foo;
}
else{
  return bar;
}

Note the space between the closing parenthesis of the condition, and the opening bracket of the true block - I'd like to remove this space.

In the formatter profile, under Whitespace -> Control statements -> 'if else', there is no option for 'after closing parenthesis'. In the Blocks section, there is an option for 'before opening brace', however this appears to only apply to the false block (and is turned off anyway).

I must be missing an option somewhere - how can I turn this whitespace off?

I am using Eclipse Mars 4.5.0.

Solution

  • This is due to Eclipse Bug # 471145 (specific to Mars / 4.5.0), which was reported on 2015-06-26, fixed on 2015-08-01, and will be included in Eclipse 4.5.1 - which should be complete and ready for download by the end of September 2015 as part of the Mars coordinated service release.