VSCode: keeping indents on empty lines

Question

Is it possible to make VSCode keep indents on empty lines?

Could not find such a setting neither natively nor in \"Beautify\" extension.

Example of desired b

Answer 1

Go to File > Preferences > Settings. On the right side, add the line:

,"editor.trimAutoWhitespace": false

It worked for me perfectly.

Answer 2

The command editor.action.insertLineAfter makes a new line and moves the cursor there preserving the indentation. To bind that command to Enter key, go to your keyboard shortcuts (press ctrl + k ctrl + s) then press the two curly braces button on the far right top.

add the following command

    {
    "key": "enter",
    "command": "editor.action.insertLineAfter",
    "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly"
},

Make sure it's before the end of the Json list.

Answer 3

Bit of an old question, but I found that a combination of the settings:

"editor.trimAutoWhitespace": false,
"editor.renderWhitespace": "all"

...worked for me.

Answer 4

That is probably eslint (and/or beautify) doing that. Look at

"no-trailing-spaces": ["error", { "skipBlankLines": false }],

I have that in my eslintrc.json file and so I get errors on blank lines with spaces or tabs on them. Setting "skipBlankLines" to true might work for you.

Answer 5

I had the same issue but after removing :

"editor.autoIndent": "none"

I was good to go.