Visual Studio Code — Insert Newline at the End of Files

Question

When saving a file using Visual Studio Code, a newline is not automatically added to the end of the file, causing all sorts of potential issues .

How can I append a newline automatically in Visual Studio Code?

Answer 1

There are two easy methods to make Visual Studio Code insert a new line at the end of files:

Method I

1. Open Visual Studio Code and go to File (Code if using a Mac) -> Preferences -> Settings ; you should now be viewing a settings page

2. Enter ' insert final newline ' in to the search bar

3. Select the checkbox under the heading ' Files: Insert Final Newline ' in the ' Workspace Settings ' and/or ' User Settings ' tab(s) as required

Method II

1. Open Visual Studio Code and go to File (Code if using a Mac) -> Preferences -> Settings ; you should now be viewing a settings page

2. Open the JSON settings page by clicking the {} icon at the top right of the page

3. Enter ' files.insertFinalNewline ' in to the search bar of the JSON settings page

4. Either

   • Click on the white 'edit pen' on the left hand side of the line containing the files.insertFinalNewline JSON key and select True

   or

   • Copy the line containing the files.insertFinalNewline JSON key, paste it into the right hand side JSON file under the 'User Settings' and/or 'Workspace Settings' tab(s) as required, and set its value to true

Final Result

In either your User Settings or Workspace Settings JSON file, you should have a line reading "files.insertFinalNewline": true , within the provided curly braces ({ }). Additionally, in the Settings page, the checkbox under the heading ' Files: Insert Final Newline ' will be selected.

Visual Studio Code will now add an empty line to the end of files when being saved, if there isn't already one.

Answer 2

I have placed a screen capture below showing how to make Visual Studio Code insert a newline at the end of files. This will also serve as a useful place to link to in code reviews when saying "You need to do this and resubmit".

Answer 3

While editing PHP files, something was deleting the newline at the end of the file. In my case it turned out to be the HTML format (html.format.endWithNewline), I believe because of the Emmet extension. (see attached images)

Answer 4

I was experiencing the same issue and solved it by uninstalling a save while typing extension that I had installed.