Question

I can’t find an option in Netbeans (7) to align variables. For example, I want to change this:

private int hello = 1;
private static int hello2 = 1;
public static String hello3 = "yo";
private final static int HELLO3 = 1;
private String stringy = "testing hello";
private char c = 'a';

into this (or something similar):

private                 int       hello      = 1;
private static          int       hello2     = 1;
private final static    int       HELLO3     = 1;
private                 char      c          = 'a';
private                 String    stringy    = "testing hello";
public static           String    hello3     = "yo";

when I press Format (alt+shift+f).

Also, I’d like it to be applicable to local variables, so that this:

private void Test()
{
    int x = 2;
    String z = "test";
    int[] y = {1, 2, 3};
}

would change into this:

private void Test()
{
    int       x    = 2;
    int[]     y    = {1, 2, 3};
    String    z    = "test";
}

I’ve looked in Tools->Options->Editor->Language "Java"->Category "Alignment", however, I found nothing that affects this.

Answer 1

You can use the Jindent plugin for Netbeans. But there is a caveat: it is a limited evaluation version. You have to pay for the full version.