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declaration-empty-line-before

Require or disallow an empty line before declarations.

a {
  --foo: pink;
             /* ← */
  top: 15px; /* ↑ */
}            /* ↑ */
/**             ↑
 *      This line */

This rule only applies to standard property declarations. Use the custom-property-empty-line-before rule for custom property declarations.

The fix option can automatically fix all of the problems reported by this rule.

Options​

"always"​

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": "always"
}

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  --foo: pink;
  top: 5px;
}
a {
  bottom: 15px;
  top: 5px;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  --foo: pink;

  top: 5px;
}
a {

  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}

"never"​

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": "never"
}

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  --foo: pink;

  bottom: 15px;
}
a {

  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  --foo: pink;
  bottom: 15px;
}
a {
  bottom: 15px;
  top: 5px;
}

Optional secondary options​

except​

{ "except": ["array", "of", "options"] }

"after-comment"​

Reverse the primary option for declarations that follow a comment.

Shared-line comments do not trigger this option.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": ["always", { "except": ["after-comment"] }]
}

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  /* comment */

  top: 5px;
}
a {
  bottom: 5px; /* comment */
  top: 5px;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  /* comment */
  top: 5px;
}

a {
  bottom: 5px; /* comment */

  top: 5px;
}

"after-declaration"​

Reverse the primary option for declarations that follow another declaration.

Shared-line comments do not affect this option.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": [
    "always",
    { "except": ["after-declaration"] }
  ]
}

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {

  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}
a {

  bottom: 15px; /* comment */

  top: 5px;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {

  bottom: 15px;
  top: 5px;
}
a {

  bottom: 15px; /* comment */
  top: 5px;
}

"first-nested"​

Reverse the primary option for declarations that are nested and the first child of their parent node.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": ["always", { "except": ["first-nested"] }]
}

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {

  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}

ignore​

{ "ignore": ["array", "of", "options"] }

"after-comment"​

Ignore declarations that follow a comment.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": ["always", { "ignore": ["after-comment"] }]
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  /* comment */
  bottom: 15px;
}

"after-declaration"​

Ignore declarations that follow another declaration.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": [
    "always",
    { "ignore": ["after-declaration"] }
  ]
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {

  bottom: 15px;
  top: 15px;
}
a {

  bottom: 15px;

  top: 15px;
}
a {

  color: orange;
  text-decoration: none;

  bottom: 15px;
  top: 15px;
}

"first-nested"​

Ignore declarations that are nested and the first child of their parent node.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": ["always", { "ignore": ["first-nested"] }]
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  bottom: 15px;

  top: 5px;
}

"inside-single-line-block"​

Ignore declarations that are inside single-line blocks.

Given:

{
  "declaration-empty-line-before": [
    "always",
    { "ignore": ["inside-single-line-block"] }
  ]
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a { bottom: 15px; top: 5px; }