Word-wrapping comments in Netbeans

Question

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 * This is a long comment. I broke it into lines, but that made it impossible to edit without screwing up the formatting. Is there a way to make Netbeans add line breaks automatically?
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Reads: This is a long comment. I broke it into lines, but that made it impossible to edit without screwing up the formatting. Is there a way to make Netbeans add line breaks automatically?

Answer 1

Your IDE won't format the comment for you. You will have to do it by hand. Yes, that means you have to re-format it once you add new words to it.

Answer 2

Go to tools->options->editor->formatting find line wrap and choose one the wrapping style you desire,there are two options : afterword and anywhere. and then click OK! :D

nb : I suggest you to choose afterword

Answer 3

As for today, the current NetBeans (7.3) word-wraps comments with some nice available extra options when formatting. NB: Unfortunately, this is currently only available for the Java language.

You can launch the formatter with the context menu→Format, or if you did not change the standard shortcuts, Alt+Shift+F should do.

To access the corresponding configuration: Tools → Options → Editor → Formatting; Language: Java; Category: Comments

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Answer 4

If you press Enter to insert a new line, NetBeans will simply extend the docblock formatting - it won't break anything. There's also a useful option in the Preferences to display a line in the right margin, so you know when to break a line. It's in:

Tools > Options > Editor > Formatting > Right Margin

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