Bug 28005

Description ofir 2002-12-10 06:38:54 EST

I wanted to set the tab width to 8 while indenting by 4 spaces (common Java 
style).

To do that, I've set the following:

Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Editor -> Appearance -> Displayed tab width: 8
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Formatter -> Style -> Indentation is 
represented by a tab: unchecked
Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Code Formatter -> Style -> Number of spaces 
representing a tab: 4

The behavior expected: formatting the code or pressing enter will indent by 4 
spaces, while displaying files that contain \t will display them as 8 spaces.

The behavior in practice: formatting the code indeed indent by 4 spaces, but 
when pressing enter after a class/interface declaration, it indents by 8 spaces 
instead of 4. If indenting manually then pressing enter it goes back to 4.