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Suppose I have Javadoc comment with:

 /** 
  * <ul>
  *   <li>stuff</li>
  *   <li>stuff</li>
  * </ul>
  */

When I run any of the eclipse formatting methods on this text, either as "Format Element" or "Format the selected Text", it removes the indenting of the HTML sub-elements and I get:

  /**
   * <ul>
   * <li>stuff</li>
   * <li>stuff</li>
   * </ul>
   */

Depending on list complexity, the result is much harder to read than the indented version.

Is there a means to instruct eclipse to be kinder to HTML tag indenting other than completely stopping it to format Javadoc?

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  • I'm not sure whether it still works but have you checked this other question? Commented Feb 7 at 11:40
  • Yes, I saw it, but it is a bit extreme. As eclipse also knows how to indent (format, line-wrap, etc.?) HTML, I was hoping for it to apply it to Javadoc too. Also I am not a big fan of littering the code with IDE specific idioms. The next day I want to use something else or a co-worker uses it and the @formatter:off is suddenly pure cruft. But, well, I may use it as a last resort. Commented Feb 7 at 16:09
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