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block-opening-brace-space-after ​

Require a single space or disallow whitespace after the opening brace of blocks.

css
  a { color: pink; }
/** ↑
 * The space after this brace */

The fix option can automatically fix all of the problems reported by this rule.

Options ​

string: "always"|"never"|"always-single-line"|"never-single-line"|"always-multi-line"|"never-multi-line"

"always" ​

There must always be a single space after the opening brace.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a {color: pink; }
css
a {
color: pink; }

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a { color: pink; }
css
a { color: pink;
}

"never" ​

There must never be whitespace after the opening brace.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a { color: pink; }
css
a {
color: pink; }

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a {color: pink; }
css
a
{color: pink; }

"always-single-line" ​

There must always be a single space after the opening brace in single-line blocks.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a {color: pink; }

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a { color: pink; }
css
a {color: pink;
}

"never-single-line" ​

There must never be whitespace after the opening brace in single-line blocks.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a { color: pink; }

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a {color: pink; }
css
a { color: pink;
}

"always-multi-line" ​

There must always be a single space after the opening brace in multi-line blocks.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a {color: pink;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a {color: pink; }
css
a { color: pink;
}

"never-multi-line" ​

There must never be whitespace after the opening brace in multi-line blocks.

The following patterns are considered problems:

css
a { color: pink;
}

The following patterns are not considered problems:

css
a { color: pink; }
css
a {color: pink;
}

Optional secondary options ​

ignore: ["at-rules"] ​

Ignore the opening brace of at-rules.

For example, with "always":

The following pattern is not considered a problem:

css
@media print {
  a { color: pink; }
}

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