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I find it nice to have the editor supply me with the option of altering its Code Auto-Completion feature so as to add a (single) space before a method's parameter list. It wouldn't hurt, however, to qualify this option further by a sub-option like: (a) "Don't insert space(s) before empty parameter list" and/or maybe also (b) "Only insert space for last member in chain." or something along those lines. By ways of illustration... The current option would enforce constructs as such: int size = list.getModel ().getSize (); System.out.println (size); This obviously does not read as well as (example for sub-option (a) ): int size = list.getModel().getSize(); // No spaces in front of void parameter list. System.out.println (size); // Space in front of non-void parameter list. Also the currently enforced construct: System.out.println (list.getModel ().getElementAt (index).toString ()); would be more nicely formatted as (example for sub-option (b) ): // A space only before the Last Element In Chain's parameter list . System.out.println (list.getModel().getElementAt(index).toString ()); The two options could be combined so as to auto-format the last line of code above to: // A space only before the Last Element In Chain's parameter list, // provided that it is not empty. System.out.println (list.getModel().getElementAt(index).toString());