How do I extend the margin of the Eclipse source formatter?

Question

Whenever I use Source > Format in Eclipse, it wraps the line starting at row 80. But my program has a lot of long lines and I'd like to extend its tolerance to 120. I've tried searching for a setting where I can change this but can't find one. Can this be done?

Answer 1

You can find it under Preferences -> Java -> Code Style -> Formatter .

Click on the Edit button next to the currently active profile, go to the Line Wrapping tab and change the Maximum line width setting.

Answer 2

Go to Window/Prefences and open Java/Code Style Formatter. Then edit the profile. You can change the margin on the "Line Wrapping" tab ("Maximum line width").