Gee - and here i was thinking i was the only one who did it that way! Funny
I always thought it was easier to read (tho certainly makes the files longer) when you put each entry on its own line like your sample. Mitch --- In [email protected], "Pan Troglodytes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just wanted to throw this topic out there to share how I format my flex > code and see what other people think. We all know how Flex does it by > default. But I find those long lines hard to read as code. They are > especially problematic for version control, as a change to any part of the > line looks like a change to the whole line in a difference viewer. > > So, here's a fragment of my code. If you are using an email reader that > changes this email to plain text, you may lose a bit of the point of it. > > <mx:HDividedBox id="historyBox" > label="Activity" > width="100%" > height="100%" > styleName="tabBox" > > > <mx:VBox > height="100%" > minWidth="240" > width="240" > > > <mx:TabNavigator id="usersViewTabNav" > height="100%" > width="100%" > change="usersViewTabChange()" > > > <mx:VDividedBox id="detailUserListTeam" > label="Teams" > width="100%" > height="100%" > > > <mx:DataGrid id="teamGrid" > dataProvider="{WAT.teams}" > height="20%" > width="100%" > minHeight="100" > verticalGridLines="false" > change="detailUserListTeamSelectionChange()" > > > <mx:Button id="editTeamsBtn" > label="Edit Teams" > click="editTeamClick()" > /> > > I leave the id on the same line as the component declaration because that > way it shows up in the Outline view (why it doesn't always put the id on the > Outline view no matter what the formatting is, I have no idea). > > Otherwise, I put each attribute on a single line. This means any change > shows up quite nicely in a difference viewer. I put the closing > or /> on > a line of its own for the same reason. > > Unfortunately, Flex doesn't really respect this style and when working with > the property editor it can tend to rearrange it. I then have to go back in > and fix the formatting. > > What I really wish is that I could somehow make Flex/Eclipse aware of how I > like to format things so that it would help me out. I also wish I could do > something like alphabetically sort the attributes (leaving the id at the > top) with a keystroke (kind of like the Organize Imports command). Would be > great to have a command that would pretty-print all the source code in the > open file. > > -- > Jason >
