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rule-empty-line-before

Require or disallow an empty line before rules.

a {}
      /* ← */
b {}  /* ↑ */
/**      ↑
 * This line */

This rule ignores rules that are the very first node in a source.

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

Options​

string: "always"|"never"|"always-multi-line"|"never-multi-line"

"always"​

There must always be an empty line before rules.

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {} b {}
a {}
b {}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {}

b {}

"never"​

There must never be an empty line before rules.

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {}

b {}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {} b {}
a {}
b {}

"always-multi-line"​

There must always be an empty line before multi-line rules.

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  color: red;
}
b {
  color: blue;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  color: red;
}

b {
  color: blue;
}

"never-multi-line"​

There must never be an empty line before multi-line rules.

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  color: red;
}

b {
  color: blue;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  color: red;
}
b {
  color: blue;
}

Optional secondary options​

except: ["after-rule", "after-single-line-comment", "inside-block-and-after-rule", "inside-block", "first-nested"]​

"after-rule"​

Reverse the primary option for rules that follow another rule.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {}

b {}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {}
b {}

"after-single-line-comment"​

Reverse the primary option for rules that follow a single-line comment.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are considered problems:

/* comment */

a {}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

/* comment */
a {}

"inside-block-and-after-rule"​

Reverse the primary option for rules that are inside a block and follow another rule.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are considered problems:

@media {

  a {}

  b {}
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

@media {

  a {}
  b {}
}

"inside-block"​

Reverse the primary option for rules that are inside a block.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are considered problems:

a {
  color: red;

  & b {
    color: blue;
  }
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

a {
  color: red;
  & b {
    color: blue;
  }
}

"first-nested"​

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

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are considered problems:

@media {

  a {}

  b {}
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

@media {
  a {}

  b {}
}

ignore: ["after-comment", "first-nested", "inside-block"]​

"after-comment"​

Ignore rules that follow a comment.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are not considered problems:

/* comment */
a {}

"first-nested"​

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

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are not considered problems:

@media {
  a {}

  b {}
}

"inside-block"​

Ignore rules that are inside a block.

For example, with "always":

The following patterns are not considered problems:

@media {
  a {}
}
@media {
  a {}
  b {}
}