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. We recommend to enable indentation rule for
better autofixing results with 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 violations:
a {} b {}a {}
b {}The following patterns are not considered violations:
a {}
b {}"never"
There must never be an empty line before rules.
The following patterns are considered violations:
a {}
b {}The following patterns are not considered violations:
a {} b {}a {}
b {}"always-multi-line"
There must always be an empty line before multi-line rules.
The following patterns are considered violations:
a {
color: red;
}
b {
color: blue;
}The following patterns are not considered violations:
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 violations:
a {
color: red;
}
b {
color: blue;
}The following patterns are not considered violations:
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 violations:
a {}
b {}The following patterns are not considered violations:
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 violations:
/* comment */
a {}The following patterns are not considered violations:
/* 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 violations:
@media {
a {}
b {}
}The following patterns are not considered violations:
@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 violations:
a {
color: red;
& b {
color: blue;
}
}The following patterns are not considered violations:
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 violations:
@media {
a {}
b {}
}The following patterns are not considered violations:
@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 violations:
/* 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 violations:
@media {
a {}
b {}
}"inside-block"
Ignore rules that are inside a block.
For example, with "always":
The following patterns are not considered violations:
@media {
a {}
}@media {
a {}
b {}
}