diff --git a/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/AlgorithmHistory.h b/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/AlgorithmHistory.h
index 1466bbad3d0576c33012df4f117ffcb0d6053b64..7b9208a96c82cabad1c6fcd702a4b77a567ed5c9 100644
--- a/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/AlgorithmHistory.h
+++ b/Framework/API/inc/MantidAPI/AlgorithmHistory.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ public:
   /// Retrieve the number of child algorithms
   size_t childHistorySize() const;
   /// print contents of object
-  void printSelf(std::ostream &, const int indent = 0, const size_t maxPropertyLength = 0) const;
+  void printSelf(std::ostream &, const int indent = 0,
+                 const size_t maxPropertyLength = 0) const;
   /// Less than operator
   inline bool operator<(const AlgorithmHistory &other) const {
     return (execCount() < other.execCount());
diff --git a/Framework/API/src/Algorithm.cpp b/Framework/API/src/Algorithm.cpp
index 2341774faeae35e0d2faa128af12e46c071c23db..5218fa7cf41176fb8c32b782b6cccda62104fb5a 100644
--- a/Framework/API/src/Algorithm.cpp
+++ b/Framework/API/src/Algorithm.cpp
@@ -1061,9 +1061,8 @@ void Algorithm::logAlgorithmInfo() const {
     // here
     AlgorithmHistory algHistory(this);
     size_t maxPropertyLength = 40;
-    if (logger.is(Logger::Priority::PRIO_DEBUG))
-    {
-      //include the full property value when logging in debug
+    if (logger.is(Logger::Priority::PRIO_DEBUG)) {
+      // include the full property value when logging in debug
       maxPropertyLength = 0;
     }
     algHistory.printSelf(logger.information(), 0, maxPropertyLength);
diff --git a/Framework/API/src/AlgorithmHistory.cpp b/Framework/API/src/AlgorithmHistory.cpp
index 1d4d56d51a50931c164510959a9b38f8a8a0d11b..bb8d206656d2401a2562bbd81296eaca847a4124 100644
--- a/Framework/API/src/AlgorithmHistory.cpp
+++ b/Framework/API/src/AlgorithmHistory.cpp
@@ -204,10 +204,11 @@ AlgorithmHistory::getChildAlgorithm(const size_t index) const {
  *  @param os :: The output stream to write to
  *  @param indent :: an indentation value to make pretty printing of object and
  * sub-objects
- *  @param maxPropertyLength :: the max length for any property value string (0 = full length)
+ *  @param maxPropertyLength :: the max length for any property value string (0
+ * = full length)
  */
 void AlgorithmHistory::printSelf(std::ostream &os, const int indent,
-  const size_t maxPropertyLength) const {
+                                 const size_t maxPropertyLength) const {
   os << std::string(indent, ' ') << "Algorithm: " << m_name;
   os << std::string(indent, ' ') << " v" << m_version << '\n';
 
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Property.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Property.h
index f6c1eaef2c4e157105fc811a4e16479a9d128d56..6633c660cc55555ae1df5988ee38fe11a78d4c4d 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Property.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Property.h
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ public:
                                 "', property type not implemented.");
   }
   /// Returns the value of the property as a string
-  virtual std::string value() const = 0;  
+  virtual std::string value() const = 0;
   /// Returns the value of the property as a pretty printed string
   virtual std::string valuePrettyPrint(size_t maxLength = 0,
-    bool collapseLists = true) const;
+                                       bool collapseLists = true) const;
   /// Set the value of the property via a string.  If the value is unacceptable
   /// the value is not changed but a string is returned
   virtual std::string setValue(const std::string &) = 0;
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHelper.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHelper.h
index 5fb3fb4e24101ea29301863012d99b5ff6f6bde1..96f803f754a98e035a1dd36f574ae0298cfc1cd8 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHelper.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHelper.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ template <typename T> std::string toString(const boost::shared_ptr<T> &value) {
 /// Specialization for a property of type std::vector.
 template <typename T>
 std::string toString(const std::vector<T> &value,
-  const std::string &delimiter = ",") {
+                     const std::string &delimiter = ",") {
   std::stringstream result;
   std::size_t vsize = value.size();
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < vsize; ++i) {
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ std::string toString(const std::vector<T> &value,
 /// Specialization for a property of type std::vector<std::vector>.
 template <typename T>
 std::string toString(const std::vector<std::vector<T>> &value,
-  const std::string &outerDelimiter = ",",
-  const std::string &innerDelimiter = "+") {
+                     const std::string &outerDelimiter = ",",
+                     const std::string &innerDelimiter = "+") {
   std::stringstream result;
   std::size_t vsize = value.size();
   for (std::size_t i = 0; i < vsize; ++i) {
@@ -65,14 +65,16 @@ std::string toString(const std::vector<std::vector<T>> &value,
 
 // --------------------- convert values to pretty strings
 /// Convert values to pretty strings.
-template <typename T> std::string toPrettyString(const T &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
-  bool collapseLists = true) {
+template <typename T>
+std::string toPrettyString(const T &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
+                           bool collapseLists = true) {
   return boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(value);
 }
 
 /// Throw an exception if a shared pointer is converted to a pretty string.
-template <typename T> std::string toPrettyString(const boost::shared_ptr<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
-  bool collapseLists = true) {
+template <typename T>
+std::string toPrettyString(const boost::shared_ptr<T> &value,
+                           size_t maxLength = 0, bool collapseLists = true) {
   UNUSED_ARG(value);
   throw boost::bad_lexical_cast();
 }
@@ -82,12 +84,12 @@ template <typename T> std::string toPrettyString(const boost::shared_ptr<T> &val
 *   This simply concatenates the values using a delimiter
 */
 template <typename T>
-std::string
-toPrettyString(const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
-  bool collapseLists = true, const std::string &delimiter = ",",
-         const std::string &unusedDelimiter = "+",
-         typename std::enable_if<!(std::is_integral<T>::value &&
-                                   std::is_arithmetic<T>::value)>::type * = 0) {
+std::string toPrettyString(
+    const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
+    bool collapseLists = true, const std::string &delimiter = ",",
+    const std::string &unusedDelimiter = "+",
+    typename std::enable_if<!(std::is_integral<T>::value &&
+                              std::is_arithmetic<T>::value)>::type * = 0) {
   UNUSED_ARG(unusedDelimiter);
   return Strings::join(value.begin(), value.end(), delimiter);
 }
@@ -100,12 +102,12 @@ toPrettyString(const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
 *   will be compressed into a list syntax e.g. 1-5.
 */
 template <typename T>
-std::string
-toPrettyString(const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
-  bool collapseLists = true, const std::string &delimiter = ",",
-         const std::string &listDelimiter = "-",
-         typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value &&
-                                 std::is_arithmetic<T>::value>::type * = 0) {
+std::string toPrettyString(
+    const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
+    bool collapseLists = true, const std::string &delimiter = ",",
+    const std::string &listDelimiter = "-",
+    typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value &&
+                            std::is_arithmetic<T>::value>::type * = 0) {
   return Strings::joinCompress(value.begin(), value.end(), delimiter,
                                listDelimiter);
 }
@@ -115,22 +117,20 @@ toPrettyString(const std::vector<T> &value, size_t maxLength = 0,
 *   This simply concatenates the values using a delimiter
 */
 template <>
-std::string
-toPrettyString(const std::vector<bool> &value, size_t maxLength,
-         bool collapseLists, const std::string &delimiter,
-         const std::string &unusedDelimiter,
-         typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<bool, bool>::value>::type *) {
+std::string toPrettyString(
+    const std::vector<bool> &value, size_t maxLength, bool collapseLists,
+    const std::string &delimiter, const std::string &unusedDelimiter,
+    typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<bool, bool>::value>::type *) {
   UNUSED_ARG(unusedDelimiter);
   return Strings::join(value.begin(), value.end(), delimiter);
 }
 
 /// Specialization for a property of type std::vector<std::vector>.
 template <typename T>
-std::string toPrettyString(const std::vector<std::vector<T>> &value, 
-                     size_t maxLength = 0,
-                     bool collapseLists = true,
-                     const std::string &outerDelimiter = ",",
-                     const std::string &innerDelimiter = "+") {
+std::string toPrettyString(const std::vector<std::vector<T>> &value,
+                           size_t maxLength = 0, bool collapseLists = true,
+                           const std::string &outerDelimiter = ",",
+                           const std::string &innerDelimiter = "+") {
   return toString<T>(value, outerDelimiter, innerDelimiter);
 }
 
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHistory.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHistory.h
index 4f300cce3ac962e315119679642b1c621fd41081..c45a142bc2bb018b1487c52a81a7c59a76b267a1 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHistory.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyHistory.h
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ public:
   /// get direction flag of algorithm parameter const
   unsigned int direction() const { return m_direction; };
   /// print contents of object
-  void printSelf(std::ostream &, const int indent = 0, const size_t maxPropertyLength = 0) const;
+  void printSelf(std::ostream &, const int indent = 0,
+                 const size_t maxPropertyLength = 0) const;
   /// get whether algorithm parameter was left as default EMPTY_INT,LONG,DBL
   /// const
   bool isEmptyDefault() const;
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
index d6f8684c2dd61ac307caa48a910c7531b6acb19c..2a07ad4bf88433aebd86f654bebb1a37460750a5 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/PropertyWithValue.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public:
   void saveProperty(::NeXus::File *file) override;
   std::string value() const override;
   std::string valuePrettyPrint(size_t maxLength = 0,
-    bool collapseLists = true) const;
+                               bool collapseLists = true) const;
   virtual bool operator==(const PropertyWithValue<TYPE> &rhs) const;
   virtual bool operator!=(const PropertyWithValue<TYPE> &rhs) const;
   int size() const override;
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Strings.h b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Strings.h
index 4cc570346d64899f84b1b417916b36a5428e3c09..85f82450ec6566b48e9658747e5093257fddbf21 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Strings.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/Strings.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ DLLExport std::string joinCompress(ITERATOR_TYPE begin, ITERATOR_TYPE end,
 }
 /// Return a string with all matching occurence-strings
 MANTID_KERNEL_DLL std::string shortenList(const std::string &input,
-  const size_t &max_length);
+                                          const size_t &max_length);
 
 /// Return a string with all matching occurence-strings
 MANTID_KERNEL_DLL std::string replace(const std::string &input,
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/src/Property.cpp b/Framework/Kernel/src/Property.cpp
index bdd8b90383518bb81012eaf44997824a5a51b9bb..d655d1dfab4f4ed51856dd98152187f7ae6d4074 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/src/Property.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/src/Property.cpp
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ void Property::setRemember(bool remember) { m_remember = remember; }
 * @param collapseLists :: Whether to collapse 1,2,3 into 1-3
 */
 std::string Property::valuePrettyPrint(size_t maxLength,
-  bool collapseLists) const {
+                                       bool collapseLists) const {
   UNUSED_ARG(collapseLists);
-  return Strings::shortenList(value(),maxLength);
+  return Strings::shortenList(value(), maxLength);
 }
 
 /** Sets the user level description of the property.
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyHistory.cpp b/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyHistory.cpp
index 916eca6810f30f88139d1f97202d6c18f2a982d0..69a5a7b965ab7b57ea22601ef3c0510eb659ea1d 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyHistory.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/src/PropertyHistory.cpp
@@ -23,18 +23,19 @@ PropertyHistory::PropertyHistory(const std::string &name,
       m_direction(direction) {}
 
 PropertyHistory::PropertyHistory(Property const *const prop)
-    : m_name(prop->name()),
-      m_value(prop->valuePrettyPrint(0,true)), m_type(prop->type()),
-      m_isDefault(prop->isDefault()), m_direction(prop->direction()) {}
+    : m_name(prop->name()), m_value(prop->valuePrettyPrint(0, true)),
+      m_type(prop->type()), m_isDefault(prop->isDefault()),
+      m_direction(prop->direction()) {}
 
 /** Prints a text representation of itself
  *  @param os :: The output stream to write to
  *  @param indent :: an indentation value to make pretty printing of object and
  * sub-objects
- *  @param maxPropertyLength :: the max length for any property value string (0 = full length)
+ *  @param maxPropertyLength :: the max length for any property value string (0
+ * = full length)
  */
 void PropertyHistory::printSelf(std::ostream &os, const int indent,
-  const size_t maxPropertyLength) const {
+                                const size_t maxPropertyLength) const {
   os << std::string(indent, ' ') << "Name: " << m_name;
   if ((maxPropertyLength > 0) && (m_value.size() > maxPropertyLength)) {
     os << ", Value: " << Strings::shortenList(m_value, maxPropertyLength);
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/src/Strings.cpp b/Framework/Kernel/src/Strings.cpp
index d304bea38620bcb98811b31a833d70ac42e0fa73..7ba90bdd142d7f014743fe5a2918a15ec53e7093 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/src/Strings.cpp
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/src/Strings.cpp
@@ -39,26 +39,27 @@ std::string loadFile(const std::string &filename) {
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 /** Return a string shortened with the center replace by " ... "
-* If the string is already short enough then the original string will be returned.
-* If the max length or input string length is smaller than the ellipsis, the input will be returned.
+* If the string is already short enough then the original string will be
+*returned.
+* If the max length or input string length is smaller than the ellipsis, the
+*input will be returned.
 *
 * @param input :: input string
-* @param max_length :: The maximum length of the return string (0 = return full string)
+* @param max_length :: The maximum length of the return string (0 = return full
+*string)
 * @return the modified string.
 */
-std::string shortenList(const std::string & input, const size_t & max_length) {
+std::string shortenList(const std::string &input, const size_t &max_length) {
   const std::string ellipsis = " ... ";
   const size_t ellipsisSize = ellipsis.size();
   // limit too small or input too small, return input string
-  if ((max_length == 0) || 
-      (input.size() < ellipsisSize+2) || 
+  if ((max_length == 0) || (input.size() < ellipsisSize + 2) ||
       (input.size() <= max_length))
     return input;
 
   const size_t end_length = (max_length - ellipsisSize) / 2;
-  std::string retVal = input.substr(0, end_length) +
-    ellipsis + 
-    input.substr(input.size() - end_length, end_length);
+  std::string retVal = input.substr(0, end_length) + ellipsis +
+                       input.substr(input.size() - end_length, end_length);
   return retVal;
 }
 
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/test/ArrayPropertyTest.h b/Framework/Kernel/test/ArrayPropertyTest.h
index 4914ee2905896176640203813f8742f3829fe6fd..2faef00ec6846d8c35cba621b12334caf5c7b60d 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/test/ArrayPropertyTest.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/test/ArrayPropertyTest.h
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public:
     bool success = true;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < inputList.size(); i++) {
       ArrayProperty<T> listProperty("i", inputList[i]);
-      std::string response = listProperty.valuePrettyPrint(0,true);
+      std::string response = listProperty.valuePrettyPrint(0, true);
       TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(response, resultList[i]);
       if (response != resultList[i]) {
         success = false;
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/test/PropertyHistoryTest.h b/Framework/Kernel/test/PropertyHistoryTest.h
index 519c592fd4cf42f674663401eb2e9d6073bba2c1..1270f80abee86dcb66da7664134944bde04c30eb 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/test/PropertyHistoryTest.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/test/PropertyHistoryTest.h
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ public:
     correctOutput = correctOutput + "Direction: Input\n";
 
     // a long property that should get shortened
-    PropertyHistory propHistory("arg1_param", "123456798012345678901234567890", "argument", true, Direction::Input);
+    PropertyHistory propHistory("arg1_param", "123456798012345678901234567890",
+                                "argument", true, Direction::Input);
 
     // dump output to sting
     std::ostringstream output;
-    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(propHistory.printSelf(output,0,20));
+    TS_ASSERT_THROWS_NOTHING(propHistory.printSelf(output, 0, 20));
     TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(output.str(), correctOutput);
   }
 
diff --git a/Framework/Kernel/test/StringsTest.h b/Framework/Kernel/test/StringsTest.h
index 4e42b24cab88b0b85f01b3a16e98bd540be391b1..abe206f08782ff292911bec6848f343652dfcd1d 100644
--- a/Framework/Kernel/test/StringsTest.h
+++ b/Framework/Kernel/test/StringsTest.h
@@ -288,63 +288,51 @@ public:
   void test_shortenList() {
 
     std::vector<std::string> inputList{
-      "", // empty
-      "1,2", // shorter than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3", // equal in length than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,35", // one longer than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,4", // two longer than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,45", // just long enough for the ellipsis
-      "12,3,4,56", // another past the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20" };
+        "",          // empty
+        "1,2",       // shorter than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3",     // equal in length than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,35",    // one longer than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,4",   // two longer than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,45",  // just long enough for the ellipsis
+        "12,3,4,56", // another past the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20"};
     std::vector<std::string> resultListMaxLength7{
-      "", // empty
-      "1,2", // shorter than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3", // equal in length than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,35", // one longer than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,4", // two longer than the ellipsis
-      "1 ... 5", // just long enough for the ellipsis
-      "1 ... 6", // another past the ellipsis
-      "1 ... 0" };
+        "",        // empty
+        "1,2",     // shorter than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3",   // equal in length than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,35",  // one longer than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,4", // two longer than the ellipsis
+        "1 ... 5", // just long enough for the ellipsis
+        "1 ... 6", // another past the ellipsis
+        "1 ... 0"};
 
     std::vector<std::string> resultListMaxLength20{
-      "", // empty
-      "1,2", // shorter than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3", // equal in length than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,35", // one longer than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,4", // two longer than the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,45", // just long enough for the ellipsis
-      "12,3,4,56", // another past the ellipsis
-      "1,2,3,4 ... 8,19,20" };
-
-    //test very short max size
+        "",          // empty
+        "1,2",       // shorter than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3",     // equal in length than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,35",    // one longer than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,4",   // two longer than the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,45",  // just long enough for the ellipsis
+        "12,3,4,56", // another past the ellipsis
+        "1,2,3,4 ... 8,19,20"};
+
+    // test very short max size
     int maxLength = 7;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < inputList.size(); i++) {
       const auto &input = inputList[i];
       std::string result = shortenList(input, maxLength);
-      TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(
-        result,
-        resultListMaxLength7[i]);
-      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(
-        result.size(),
-        maxLength);
-      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(
-        result.size(),
-        input.size());
+      TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(result, resultListMaxLength7[i]);
+      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(result.size(), maxLength);
+      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(result.size(), input.size());
     }
-    //test longer max size
+    // test longer max size
     maxLength = 20;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < inputList.size(); i++) {
       const auto &input = inputList[i];
       std::string result = shortenList(input, maxLength);
-      TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(
-        result,
-        resultListMaxLength20[i]);
-      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(
-        result.size(),
-        maxLength);      
-      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(
-          result.size(),
-          input.size());
+      TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(result, resultListMaxLength20[i]);
+      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(result.size(), maxLength);
+      TS_ASSERT_LESS_THAN_EQUALS(result.size(), input.size());
     }
   }