Code Style. GherkinUltimate

Last modified: 08 March 2021

File | Settings | Editor | Code Style | Gherkin for Windows and Linux

IntelliJ IDEA | Preferences | Editor | Code Style | Gherkin for macOS

Ctrl+Alt+S the Settings/Preferences icon

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The page is available only when the Gherkin plugin is enabled on the Settings/Preferences | Plugins page as described in Managing plugins.

Use this page to configure formatting options for Gherkin files. When you change these settings, the Preview pane shows how this will affect your code.

Tabs and Indents

Use tab character

  • If this checkbox is selected, tab characters are used:

    • On pressing the Tab key

    • For indentation

    • For reformatting code

  • If the checkbox is cleared, IntelliJ IDEA uses spaces instead of tabs.

Smart tabs

An indentation consists of two parts. One part results from nesting code blocks, and the other part is determined by alignment.

  • If this checkbox is selected, the part that results from nesting contains both tabs and spaces (if necessary), while the part defined by alignment consists only of spaces.

  • If this checkbox is cleared, only tabs are used. This means that after reformatting a group of spaces that fits the specified tab size is automatically replaced with a tab, which may result in breaking fine alignment.

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The Smart Tabs checkbox is available if the Use tab character checkbox is selected.

Tab sizeIn this field, specify the number of spaces that fits in a tab.
IndentIn this field, specify the number of spaces to be inserted for each indent level.
Continuation indent

In this field, specify the number of spaces to be inserted between the elements of an array, in expressions, method declarations, and method calls.

Keep indents on empty linesIf this checkbox is selected, IntelliJ IDEA retains indents on empty lines as if they contained some code. If the checkbox is cleared, IntelliJ IDEA deletes the tab characters and spaces on empty lines.

Set from

The link appears in the upper-right corner of the page, when applicable. Click this link and choose the language to be used as the base for the current language code style.

To return to the initial set of code style settings and discard the changes, click Reset.

See also

Procedures

Getting Started