visual studio code - 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 behavior:

UPDATE: eventually I've just switched to Prettier - and never had to think about code style again as it's just being formatted automatically for me.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47968474/vscode-keeping-indents-on-empty-lines

Answer 1

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

,"editor.trimAutoWhitespace": false

It worked for me perfectly.