Provide an option to insert a final newline

[sarbbottam]

Something similar to insert_final_newline = true.

[sarbbottam]

If the file already has multiple empty lines at the end, it would be great to trim all but the last one.

[jhasse]

This extension implements this: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=samverschueren.final-newline

I still think this should be available in VS Code itself and enabled by default :)

[sarbbottam]

editorconfig-vscode addressed my concern.

[jhasse]

@sarbbottam Don't you think that this essential feature should be part of the core?

[sarbbottam]

It would be good to have it as part of the core.

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[jhasse]

Can you reopen this issue to keep track of it? Thanks :)

[bpasero]

Added files.insertFinalNewline for November.

[sarbbottam]

Thanks!

[concatime]

Hi.
Is it possible to automatically replace all empty lines at end with only one?

[ronak1009]

with the extension blank line is not working. The code seems to undergo infinite loop where the new line adds and gets removed automatically, and I cannot save the file.

Also with the insert_final_newline: true option in the settings, the js files does not have a blank line at the end of the file.
I am using VSC 1.11.2 Date: 2017-04-13 release.

[ronak1009]

"files.insertFinalNewline" = true
@bpasero I added this parameter to the user settings and workspace settings, but it is still not working onVSC 1.12.1 version. Do I need to add some more configuration done? I am not using any plugin for this. If I add plugin, then it go into infinite loop as I reported in my previous comment

[stern-shawn]

"files.insertFinalNewline" = true

Hey @ronak1009 ! If you'll take another look, notice that your VSCode preferences are in a file named settings.json, so you'll need to set that value to true using JSON syntax with a colon instead of an equals sign, like this:

"files.insertFinalNewline": true

Verified that this is working in my copy of VSCode 1.12.1 which matches yours 👍

[gris-martin]

EDIT: Found the culprit. It was the JS-CSS-HTML Formatter that overrode the setting.

I'm not able to get this setting working either, on Ubuntu 1.12.1. My user settings look like this:

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite the default settings
{
    "files.insertFinalNewline": true,
    "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
    "editor.renderIndentGuides": true
}

and my workspace settings look like this:

// Place your settings in this file to overwrite default and user settings.
{
    "files.exclude": {
        "**/.git": true,
        "**/.svn": true,
        "**/.hg": true,
        "**/CVS": true,
        "**/.DS_Store": true,
        "**/.idea": true,
        "**/build": true,
        "**/node_modules": true,
        "**/nohup.out": true,
        "**/data": true
    }
}

When I press ctrl+s it's like a newline gets there but immediately disappears, and the saved file does not contain a new line. I've verified that the other settings work as expected. Could another setting or extension be overriding this?

[jonathan-s]

@bpasero I just tried this, but it doesn't trim extraneous lines. It'd be nice if either there was an option for that too or if insertFinalNewline removed any extra blank lines at the end of the file.

[DenisTis]

Visual Studio Code version 1.12.2
Exactly same issue.
With parameter "files.insertFinalNewline": true
line is added and instantly removed.
With EditorConfig it goes into infinite loop..

Obviously the problem is still not solved

[mdanetzky]

With parameter "files.insertFinalNewline": true
New Line gets removed for HTML files and inserted for .js and .ts

[mausworks]

Any update on this issue regarding editorconfig vscode + "files.insertFinalNewline": true?