Hi folks, i got a question about formatting. I can...

# codingconventions

[George]

Hi folks, i got a question about formatting. I can see in intelij, when i reformat two times it removes custom break likes and when in functions i have like 3 or 2 arguments it reformats it in a signle line for example:
Before double reformatting

private suspend fun authRequest(
    codeVerifierDeferred: Deferred<CodeVerifier>,
    urlDeferred: Deferred<String>,
    code: String
) {

After

private suspend fun authRequest(
    codeVerifierDeferred: Deferred<CodeVerifier>, urlDeferred: Deferred<String>, code: String
) {

What is the best approach in your opinion? is this per kotlin style default?

I also checked kotlin.coroutines code style and they also have custom break lines in functions, so my guess is that it is ok to have custom break lines in functions but how do i disable intelij to not remove custom break lines in functions?

Thanks in advance ! 🙂

[Klitos Kyriacou]

This doesn't happen with me. It leaves the lines as they are, and Ctrl+Alt+L says the file is already properly formatted. What style are you using? I've selected Settings > Editor > Code Style > Kotlin > Set from... Kotlin Style Guide.

[George]

im using per project style, the one in coroutines is the offical code style so it seems weird that it lets me remove custom break lines. In my own project i generated an .editorsconfig and set the settings there (but at the end the .editorsconfig is generated from intelij with kotlin code style)

here is my editorconfig

[{*.kt,*.kts}]
ij_kotlin_align_in_columns_case_branch = false
ij_kotlin_align_multiline_binary_operation = false
ij_kotlin_align_multiline_extends_list = false
ij_kotlin_align_multiline_method_parentheses = false
ij_kotlin_align_multiline_parameters = true
ij_kotlin_align_multiline_parameters_in_calls = false
ij_kotlin_allow_trailing_comma = false
ij_kotlin_allow_trailing_comma_on_call_site = false
ij_kotlin_assignment_wrap = normal
ij_kotlin_blank_lines_after_class_header = 0
ij_kotlin_blank_lines_around_block_when_branches = 0
ij_kotlin_blank_lines_before_declaration_with_comment_or_annotation_on_separate_line = 1
ij_kotlin_block_comment_at_first_column = true
ij_kotlin_call_parameters_new_line_after_left_paren = true
ij_kotlin_call_parameters_right_paren_on_new_line = true
ij_kotlin_call_parameters_wrap = on_every_item
ij_kotlin_catch_on_new_line = false
ij_kotlin_class_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
ij_kotlin_code_style_defaults = KOTLIN_OFFICIAL
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_for_chained_calls = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_for_expression_bodies = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_argument_lists = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_elvis = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_if_conditions = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_parameter_lists = false
ij_kotlin_continuation_indent_in_supertype_lists = false
ij_kotlin_else_on_new_line = false
ij_kotlin_enum_constants_wrap = off
ij_kotlin_extends_list_wrap = normal
ij_kotlin_field_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
ij_kotlin_finally_on_new_line = false
ij_kotlin_if_rparen_on_new_line = true
ij_kotlin_import_nested_classes = false
ij_kotlin_imports_layout = *, java.**, javax.**, kotlin.**, ^
ij_kotlin_insert_whitespaces_in_simple_one_line_method = true
ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_before_right_brace = 2
ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_in_code = 2
ij_kotlin_keep_blank_lines_in_declarations = 2
ij_kotlin_keep_first_column_comment = true
ij_kotlin_keep_indents_on_empty_lines = false
ij_kotlin_keep_line_breaks = true
ij_kotlin_lbrace_on_next_line = false
ij_kotlin_line_comment_add_space = false
ij_kotlin_line_comment_at_first_column = true
ij_kotlin_method_annotation_wrap = split_into_lines
ij_kotlin_method_call_chain_wrap = normal
ij_kotlin_method_parameters_new_line_after_left_paren = true
ij_kotlin_method_parameters_right_paren_on_new_line = true
ij_kotlin_method_parameters_wrap = on_every_item
ij_kotlin_name_count_to_use_star_import = 5
ij_kotlin_name_count_to_use_star_import_for_members = 3
ij_kotlin_packages_to_use_import_on_demand = java.util.*, kotlinx.android.synthetic.**, io.ktor.**
ij_kotlin_parameter_annotation_wrap = off
ij_kotlin_space_after_comma = true
ij_kotlin_space_after_extend_colon = true
ij_kotlin_space_after_type_colon = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_catch_parentheses = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_comma = false
ij_kotlin_space_before_extend_colon = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_for_parentheses = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_if_parentheses = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_lambda_arrow = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_type_colon = false
ij_kotlin_space_before_when_parentheses = true
ij_kotlin_space_before_while_parentheses = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_additive_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_assignment_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_equality_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_function_type_arrow = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_logical_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_multiplicative_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_range = false
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_relational_operators = true
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_unary_operator = false
ij_kotlin_spaces_around_when_arrow = true
ij_kotlin_variable_annotation_wrap = off
ij_kotlin_while_on_new_line = false
ij_kotlin_wrap_elvis_expressions = 1
ij_kotlin_wrap_expression_body_functions = 1
ij_kotlin_wrap_first_method_in_call_chain = false

[George]

Keep in mind that when i double press reformat the file it removes custom break lines, meaning two times CTRL + ALT + L

[Youssef Shoaib [MOD]]

I believe that it's precisely a harder-to-activate feature because custom line breaks are absolutely fine, but sometimes you might wish to strip them all away for simplicity

[Klitos Kyriacou]

I hadn't noticed that before, as I had never clicked Ctrl+Alt+L twice, but yes it does that with me too. It first asks "You do want to remove custom line breaks?"