JS.BASE.KEYWORD.SPACING
Enforce consistent spacing before and after keywords
Keywords are syntax elements of JavaScript, such as try
and if
.
These keywords have special meaning to the language and so often appear in a different color in code editors.
As an important part of the language, style guides often refer to the spacing that should be used around keywords.
For example, you might have a style guide that says keywords should be always surrounded by spaces, which would mean if-else
statements must look like this:
if (foo) {
// ...
} else {
// ...
}
Of course, you could also have a style guide that disallows spaces around keywords.
However, if you want to enforce the style of spacing between the function
keyword and the following opening parenthesis, please refer to space-before-function-paren.
Rule Details
This rule enforces consistent spacing around keywords and keyword-like tokens: as
(in module declarations), async
(of async functions), await
(of await expressions), break
, case
, catch
, class
, const
, continue
, debugger
, default
, delete
, do
, else
, export
, extends
, finally
, for
, from
(in module declarations), function
, get
(of getters), if
, import
, in
(in for-in statements), let
, new
, of
(in for-of statements), return
, set
(of setters), static
, super
, switch
, this
, throw
, try
, typeof
, var
, void
, while
, with
, and yield
. This rule is designed carefully not to conflict with other spacing rules: it does not apply to spacing where other rules report problems.
Options
This rule has an object option:
"before": true
(default) requires at least one space before keywords"before": false
disallows spaces before keywords"after": true
(default) requires at least one space after keywords"after": false
disallows spaces after keywords"overrides"
allows overriding spacing style for specified keywords
before
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default { "before": true }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "before": true }]*/
if (foo) {
//...
}else if (bar) {
//...
}else {
//...
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the default { "before": true }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "before": true }]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/
if (foo) {
//...
} else if (bar) {
//...
} else {
//...
}
// Avoid conflict with `array-bracket-spacing`
let a = [this];
let b = [function() {}];
// Avoid conflict with `arrow-spacing`
let a = ()=> this.foo;
// Avoid conflict with `block-spacing`
{function foo() {}}
// Avoid conflict with `comma-spacing`
let a = [100,this.foo, this.bar];
// Avoid conflict with `computed-property-spacing`
obj[this.foo] = 0;
// Avoid conflict with `generator-star-spacing`
function *foo() {}
// Avoid conflict with `key-spacing`
let obj = {
foo:function() {}
};
// Avoid conflict with `object-curly-spacing`
let obj = {foo: this};
// Avoid conflict with `semi-spacing`
let a = this;function foo() {}
// Avoid conflict with `space-in-parens`
(function () {})();
// Avoid conflict with `space-infix-ops`
if ("foo"in {foo: 0}) {}
if (10+this.foo<= this.bar) {}
// Avoid conflict with `jsx-curly-spacing`
let a = <A foo={this.foo} bar={function(){}} />
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the { "before": false }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "before": false }]*/
if (foo) {
//...
} else if (bar) {
//...
} else {
//...
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "before": false }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "before": false }]*/
if (foo) {
//...
}else if (bar) {
//...
}else {
//...
}
after
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default { "after": true }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "after": true }]*/
if(foo) {
//...
} else if(bar) {
//...
} else{
//...
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the default { "after": true }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "after": true }]*/
if (foo) {
//...
} else if (bar) {
//...
} else {
//...
}
// Avoid conflict with `array-bracket-spacing`
let a = [this];
// Avoid conflict with `arrow-spacing`
let a = ()=> this.foo;
// Avoid conflict with `comma-spacing`
let a = [100, this.foo, this.bar];
// Avoid conflict with `computed-property-spacing`
obj[this.foo] = 0;
// Avoid conflict with `generator-star-spacing`
function* foo() {}
// Avoid conflict with `key-spacing`
let obj = {
foo:function() {}
};
// Avoid conflict with `func-call-spacing`
class A {
constructor() {
super();
}
}
// Avoid conflict with `object-curly-spacing`
let obj = {foo: this};
// Avoid conflict with `semi-spacing`
let a = this;function foo() {}
// Avoid conflict with `space-before-function-paren`
function() {}
// Avoid conflict with `space-infix-ops`
if ("foo"in{foo: 0}) {}
if (10+this.foo<= this.bar) {}
// Avoid conflict with `space-unary-ops`
function* foo(a) {
return yield+a;
}
// Avoid conflict with `yield-star-spacing`
function* foo(a) {
return yield* a;
}
// Avoid conflict with `jsx-curly-spacing`
let a = <A foo={this.foo} bar={function(){}} />
Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the { "after": false }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "after": false }]*/
if (foo) {
//...
} else if (bar) {
//...
} else {
//...
}
Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "after": false }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "after": false }]*/
if(foo) {
//...
} else if(bar) {
//...
} else{
//...
}
overrides
Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "overrides": { "if": { "after": false }, "for": { "after": false }, "while": { "after": false }, "static": { "after": false }, "as": { "after": false } } }
option:
/*eslint keyword-spacing: ["error", { "overrides": {
"if": { "after": false },
"for": { "after": false },
"while": { "after": false },
"static": { "after": false },
"as": { "after": false }
} }]*/
if(foo) {
//...
} else if(bar) {
//...
} else {
//...
}
for(;;);
while(true) {
//...
}
class C {
static{
//...
}
}
export { C as"my class" };
When Not To Use It
If you don't want to enforce consistency on keyword spacing, then it's safe to disable this rule.