# Code Formatting

## Overview

This section provides detailed instructions on how to format your code within the Servoy Scripting Editor. It covers automatic code formatting on save, setting project-specific formatting profiles, and force formatting multiple projects. These features help ensure consistent code style across your development team, enhancing readability and maintainability of the codebase.

## Formatting Code on Save

A project's code can be automatically formatted (line breaks, indentations, etc) on save. To do this, the project-specific settings must be activated:

1. In Solution Explorer, select the currently active project and access the context menu (right-click).
2. Click on `Properties` at the bottom.
3. In the `Javascript` node, under Editor, click on `Save Actions`.
4. Click the checkbox to `Enable project specific settings`. The checkbox option for Format source code on save will be un-grayed.
5. Click the checkbox to `Format source code on save`.

## Project-Specific Formatting

Different format profiles can be set for different projects. The information is saved to the SVN in team development environments, allowing all developers working on a project to use the same format profile.

To set a project-specific format profile:

1. In Solution Explorer, select the currently active project and access the context menu (right-click).
2. Click on `Properties` at the bottom.
3. In the `Javascript` node, under Editor, click on `Formatter`.
4. Click the checkbox to `Enable project specific settings`.
5. Select a profile from the Drop-down list, or create/import a new profile using the respective buttons. (Note that you can also click on Edit to edit the default format profile.)

{% hint style="info" %}
Note\
If you select `New`, you will be prompted to type in a Profile name with the option to open the Edit Profile dialog. This dialog provides customizable options for general settings, Indents, Braces, White Space, and Control Statements.
{% endhint %}

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## Force Formatting the Code Base of Entire Projects

Several projects can be formatted at once using the following steps:

1. Open the Script Explorer View using the main menu `Window > Show View > Other > Dynamic Languages > Script Explorer`.
2. Select the project(s) on which you want to perform the formatting.
3. Right-click to access the context menu (make sure your mouse pointer is hovering on top of a selected project).
4. Click on the menu item `Source > Format`.