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Bug 108328 - Duplicate "expand tabs to spaces" options are confusing
Summary: Duplicate "expand tabs to spaces" options are confusing
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 105471
Alias: None
Product: java
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Unsupported (show other bugs)
Version: 6.x
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 blocker (vote)
Assignee: issues@java
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Reported: 2007-06-27 19:42 UTC by ekolis
Modified: 2007-09-26 09:14 UTC (History)
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Description ekolis 2007-06-27 19:42:03 UTC 
There are 2 "expand tabs to spaces" options in the basic options window, one under Editor / Indentation and the other
under Java Code / Formatting. Presumably the former is a global setting while the latter applies only to Java code (as
opposed to Ruby or some other language), and presumably the latter overrides the former, but I don't think it's quite
clear from the GUI, and turning off the former without knowledge of the existence of the latter might make people wonder
"hey, I turned that off, why won't it actually do anything?!?" So I think there should be some sort of labels in the GUI
next to each option noting what exactly the option does and where to find the other option.
Comment 1 Jiri Prox 2007-06-28 11:00:23 UTC 
Yes, the options dialog needs redesign, see 105471

*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 105471 ***
Comment 2 Quality Engineering 2007-09-20 09:47:27 UTC 
Reorganization of java component