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The text area in "Tools -> Options -> Java Code -> Formatting Tab" goes to the beginning every time an option is changed. This behavior makes it very hard to see the effect of the formatting options, when the effect is bellow the viewable text. The text should stay at the same place.
reassigning to editor/options for evaluation
already reported, thanks *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 123951 ***