Visual Studio Code java format document braces new line

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How can I get Visual Studio Code to format Java documents with braces in a new like?

i.e:

This

public static void main(String args[]) {
}

To this

public static void main(String args[])
{
}

Edit: Yikes!! Just remember .vscode/extensions folder. I went in there then /ryannaddy.vscode-format-0.0.6/package.json and changed format.newLine to true. Thanks for the help. So happy!!

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3 Answers

To solve this using "Language Support for Java(TM) by Red Hat" you can use an Eclipse formatter file. This allows you to specify brace position very specifically for each scenario. For example, formatting.xml showcasing all "next line" settings:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<profiles version="12">
    <profile kind="CodeFormatterProfile" name="style" version="12">
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_anonymous_type_declaration" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_method_declaration" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_block" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_constructor_declaration" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_lambda_body" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_enum_declaration" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_block_in_case" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_annotation_type_declaration" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_switch" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_array_initializer" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_enum_constant" value="next_line"/>
        <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_type_declaration" value="next_line"/>
    </profile>
</profiles>

Valid values are next_line, next_line_shifted, next_line_on_wrap and end_of_line.

And then in your settings.json for Visual Studio Code:

{
    "java.format.settings.url": "/formatting.xml",
    "java.format.settings.profile": "style"
}

See this documentation for some usage details.

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In my case, my formatter setting is in .setting/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs.

Actually, this article works, I've tested by creating a new project for comparison. I couldn't understand why is that worked on that new project, while my main project didn't. So, I compared any project settings that applied to each project, and I found that difference in .setting/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs file.

Location of .setting/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs

My new project has only a compiler setting in that file, while my main project has compiler + formatter setting, that's why setting in JSON file couldn't apllied.

My solution is to change the value of formatter setting in that file with the same value from my exported xml formatter (I got my formatter XML exported from eclipse). Thanks.

This is my new project content of .setting/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs:

eclipse.preferences.version=1
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=generate
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.processAnnotations=enabled
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8

and this is what's inside my main project:

...    
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.processAnnotations=enabled
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.align_assignment_statements_on_columns=false
org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.align_fields_grouping_blank_lines=2147483647
org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.align_type_members_on_columns=false
org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.align_variable_declarations_on_columns
...
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