diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CAutoIndentTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CAutoIndentTest.java
index 8e4471ba2d5..270b9573d34 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CAutoIndentTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CAutoIndentTest.java
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ public class CAutoIndentTest extends TestCase {
 	public void testBracketWithSemiColonInsertion() throws BadLocationException {
 		AutoEditTester tester = createAutoEditTester(); 
 		String[] kw= new String[] {"class", "union", "struct", "enum"};
+		String[] kw_inh= new String[] {"class", "union", "struct"};
 		String[] kw_anon= new String[] {"union", "struct", "enum"};
 
 		for(int i=0; i<kw.length; i++) {
@@ -461,11 +462,11 @@ public class CAutoIndentTest extends TestCase {
 		// this tests for a sensible behaviour for enums, although the
 		// code generated is invalid, its the user entered part that is
 		// the problem
-		for(int i=0; i<kw.length; i++) {		
+		for(int i=0; i<kw_inh.length; i++) {		
 			tester.reset();
 
-			tester.type("\n\n\n"+kw[i]+" A\n:\npublic B\n,\npublic C\n{\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$
-			assertEquals("\n\n\n"+kw[i]+" A\n:\n\tpublic B\n\t,\n\tpublic C\n\t{\n\t\n\t};", tester.fDoc.get()); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			tester.type("\n\n\n"+kw_inh[i]+" A\n:\npublic B\n,\npublic C\n{\n"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			assertEquals("\n\n\n"+kw_inh[i]+" A\n:\n\tpublic B\n\t,\n\tpublic C\n\t{\n\t\t\n\t};", tester.fDoc.get()); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
 		
 		for(int i=0; i<kw.length; i++) {		
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CIndenterTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CIndenterTest.java
index 65714557421..125362f2c4a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CIndenterTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/text/CIndenterTest.java
@@ -105,14 +105,19 @@ public class CIndenterTest extends BaseUITestCase {
 		assertIndenterResult();
 	}
 
-	//int x;
-	//	   	
-	//int y;
+	//struct x {
+	// int f1 : 1;
+	// int f2 : 1;
+	// int f3 : 1;
+	//}
 	
-	//int x;
-	//
-	//int y;
-	public void testIndentationOfEmptyLine_Bug192412() throws Exception {
+	//struct x {
+	//	int f1 : 1;
+	//	int f2 : 1;
+	//	int f3 : 1;
+	//}
+	public void testIndentationOfBitFields_Bug193298() throws Exception {
 		assertIndenterResult();
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/actions/IndentAction.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/actions/IndentAction.java
index 5baf95b9abc..e1d414ba23a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/actions/IndentAction.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/actions/IndentAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
index ee758fa2072..7a13443bd75 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CHeuristicScanner.java
@@ -332,6 +332,13 @@ public final class CHeuristicScanner implements Symbols {
 				return TokenRPAREN;
 			case SEMICOLON:
 				return TokenSEMICOLON;
+			case COLON:
+				switch (peekNextChar()) {
+				case COLON:
+					++fPos;
+					return TokenDOUBLECOLON;
+				}
+				return TokenCOLON;
 			case COMMA:
 				return TokenCOMMA;
 			case QUESTIONMARK:
@@ -422,6 +429,11 @@ public final class CHeuristicScanner implements Symbols {
 			case SEMICOLON:
 				return TokenSEMICOLON;
 			case COLON:
+				switch (peekPreviousChar()) {
+				case COLON:
+					--fPos;
+					return TokenDOUBLECOLON;
+				}
 				return TokenCOLON;
 			case COMMA:
 				return TokenCOMMA;
@@ -970,10 +982,7 @@ public final class CHeuristicScanner implements Symbols {
 		int token= previousToken(start - 1, bound);
 		if (token == Symbols.TokenIDENT) { // type name
 			token= previousToken(getPosition(), bound);
-			while (token == Symbols.TokenCOLON) { // colon of qualification
-				token= previousToken(getPosition(), bound);
-				if (token != Symbols.TokenCOLON) // second colon of qualification
-					return false;
+			while (token == Symbols.TokenDOUBLECOLON) { // qualification
 				token= previousToken(getPosition(), bound);
 				if (token != Symbols.TokenIDENT) // qualification name
 					return false;
@@ -1004,11 +1013,8 @@ public final class CHeuristicScanner implements Symbols {
 		}
 		if (token == Symbols.TokenARROW) {
 			return true;
-		} else if (token == Symbols.TokenCOLON) {
-			token= previousToken(getPosition(), bound);
-			if (token == Symbols.TokenCOLON) {
-				return true;
-			}
+		} else if (token == Symbols.TokenDOUBLECOLON) {
+			return true;
 		}
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CIndenter.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CIndenter.java
index 83d4a906a78..ce520f1c5ad 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CIndenter.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/CIndenter.java
@@ -929,10 +929,15 @@ public final class CIndenter {
 				return fPosition;
 
 			case Symbols.TokenCOLON:
-				// TODO handle ternary deep indentation
-				fIndent= fPrefs.prefCaseBlockIndent;
-				return fPosition;
-
+				pos= fPosition;
+				if (looksLikeCaseStatement()) {
+					fIndent= fPrefs.prefCaseBlockIndent;
+					return pos;
+				} else {
+					// TODO handle ternary deep indentation
+					fPosition= pos;
+					return skipToStatementStart(danglingElse, false);
+				}
 			case Symbols.TokenQUESTIONMARK:
 				if (fPrefs.prefTernaryDeepAlign) {
 					setFirstElementAlignment(fPosition, offset + 1);
@@ -990,6 +995,44 @@ public final class CIndenter {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Test whether the colon at the current position marks a case statement 
+	 * (or a similar construct increasing the indent).
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if this looks like a case statement
+	 */
+	private boolean looksLikeCaseStatement() {
+		nextToken();
+		switch (fToken) {
+		case Symbols.TokenIDENT:
+			nextToken();
+			while (skipQualifiers()) {
+				nextToken();
+			}
+			switch (fToken) {
+			case Symbols.TokenCASE:
+			case Symbols.TokenCLASS:
+			case Symbols.TokenSTRUCT:
+			case Symbols.TokenUNION:
+				return true;
+			}
+			break;
+		case Symbols.TokenOTHER:
+			nextToken();
+			switch (fToken) {
+			case Symbols.TokenCASE:
+				return true;
+			}
+		case Symbols.TokenRPAREN: // constructor initializer
+		case Symbols.TokenDEFAULT:
+		case Symbols.TokenPUBLIC:
+		case Symbols.TokenPROTECTED:
+		case Symbols.TokenPRIVATE:
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Skips to the start of a statement that ends at the current position.
 	 *
@@ -1020,6 +1063,8 @@ public final class CIndenter {
 
 					case Symbols.TokenCLASS:
 					case Symbols.TokenENUM:
+					case Symbols.TokenSTRUCT:
+					case Symbols.TokenUNION:
 						isTypeBody= true;
 						break;
 
@@ -1133,18 +1178,32 @@ public final class CIndenter {
 	 */
 	private boolean isConditional() {
 		while (true) {
+			int previous= fToken;
 			nextToken();
 			switch (fToken) {
 				// search for case labels, which consist of (possibly qualified) identifiers or numbers
 				case Symbols.TokenIDENT:
-				case Symbols.TokenOTHER: // dots for qualified constants
+					if (previous == Symbols.TokenIDENT) {
+						return false;
+					}
+				case Symbols.TokenDOUBLECOLON:
+				case Symbols.TokenOTHER:
 					continue;
-
+					
+				case Symbols.TokenQUESTIONMARK:
+					return true;
+					
+				case Symbols.TokenSEMICOLON:
+				case Symbols.TokenLBRACE:
+				case Symbols.TokenRBRACE:
 				case Symbols.TokenCASE:
 				case Symbols.TokenDEFAULT:
 				case Symbols.TokenPUBLIC:
 				case Symbols.TokenPROTECTED:
 				case Symbols.TokenPRIVATE:
+				case Symbols.TokenCLASS:
+				case Symbols.TokenSTRUCT:
+				case Symbols.TokenUNION:
 					return false;
 
 				default:
@@ -1618,13 +1677,10 @@ public final class CIndenter {
 	 *         will be an IDENT.
 	 */
 	private boolean skipQualifiers() {
-		if (fToken == Symbols.TokenCOLON) {
+		if (fToken == Symbols.TokenDOUBLECOLON) {
 			nextToken();
-			if (fToken == Symbols.TokenCOLON) {
-				nextToken();
-				if (fToken == Symbols.TokenIDENT) {
-					return true;
-				}
+			if (fToken == Symbols.TokenIDENT) {
+				return true;
 			}
 		}
 		return false;
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/Symbols.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/Symbols.java
index 9bfc034e706..9196516c2b7 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/Symbols.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/text/Symbols.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public interface Symbols {
 	int TokenTILDE= 17;
 	int TokenSHIFTRIGHT= 18;
 	int TokenARROW= 19;
+	int TokenDOUBLECOLON= 20;
 	int TokenIF= 109;
 	int TokenDO= 1010;
 	int TokenFOR= 1011;