NormalizeSeparators

Normalize separators and indents.

NormalizeSeparators is included in the default transformers but it can be also run separately with:

robotidy --transform NormalizeSeparators src

All separators (pipes included) are converted to fixed length of 4 spaces (configurable via global argument --spacecount).

Note

There are transformers that also affect separator lengths - for example AlignSettingsSection. NormalizeSeparators is used as a base and then potentially overwritten by behaviours of other transformers. If you only want to have fixed separator lengths (without aligning) then only run this transformer without running the others.

BeforeAfter

*** Settings ***
Library  library.py  WITH NAME          alias

Force Tags           tag
...   tag

Documentation  doc
...      multi
...  line

*** Test Cases ***
Test case
  [Setup]  Keyword
   Keyword  with  arg
   ...  and  multi  lines
     [Teardown]          Keyword

Test case with structures
    FOR  ${variable}  IN  1  2
    Keyword
     IF  ${condition}
       Log  ${stuff}  console=True
  END
   END

By configuring global option spacecount you can change the default separator length:

robotidy --spacecount 8 src

BeforeAfter

*** Settings ***
Library  library.py  WITH NAME          alias

Force Tags           tag
...   tag

You can decide which sections should be transformed by configuring sections = comments,settings,variables,keywords,testcases param:

robotidy --configure NormalizeSeparators:section=variables src

BeforeAfter

*** Settings ***
Library  library.py  WITH NAME          alias

Force Tags           tag
...   tag

*** Variables ***
${var}  1  # only this section will be transformed

Supports global formatting params: --startline and --endline.