Bug 49243 New code formatter: missing feature
The new code formatter seems to do everything and cater to all tastes. However, it still does not cover one aspect of how I format code. I like to do for-s like this: for (int i=1 ; i<10 ; i++) {} (note spaces surrounding ;-s). However, I do NOT want a space before ;-s anywhere else (ideology: in other places ; is a terminator, in the for it is a separator). The reason I can't do this is that the "space before ;" has been factored out to the level of control statements and cannot be set specifically for the for statement.
org.eclipse.jdt.ui/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/ui/preferences/formatter/WhiteSpaceOptions.java
parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_operator"); 
        createAfterOperatorTree(workingValues, parent);
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_comma"); 
        createBeforeCommaTree(workingValues, parent);
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_comma"); 
        createAfterCommaTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_colon"); 
        createAfterColonTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_colon"); 
        createBeforeColonTree(workingValues, parent);
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_semicolon"); 
        createBeforeSemicolonTree(workingValues, parent);
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_semicolon"); 
        createAfterSemicolonTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.before_question_mark"); 
        createBeforeQuestionTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        parent= createParentNode(roots, workingValues, "WhiteSpaceOptions.after_question_mark"); 
        createAfterQuestionTree(workingValues, parent); 
        
        return roots;
	}