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@stylistic/js/

function-paren-newline

Many style guides require or disallow newlines inside of function parentheses.

Rule Details

This rule enforces consistent line breaks inside parentheses of function parameters or arguments.

Options

This rule has a single option, which can either be a string or an object.

  • "always" requires line breaks inside all function parentheses.
  • "never" disallows line breaks inside all function parentheses.
  • "multiline" (default) requires linebreaks inside function parentheses if any of the parameters/arguments have a line break between them. Otherwise, it disallows linebreaks.
  • "multiline-arguments" works like multiline but allows linebreaks inside function parentheses if there is only one parameter/argument.
  • "consistent" requires consistent usage of linebreaks for each pair of parentheses. It reports an error if one parenthesis in the pair has a linebreak inside it and the other parenthesis does not.
  • { "minItems": value } requires linebreaks inside function parentheses if the number of parameters/arguments is at least value. Otherwise, it disallows linebreaks.

Example configurations:

json
{
  "rules": {
    "function-paren-newline": ["error", "never"]
  }
}
json
{
  "rules": {
    "function-paren-newline": ["error", { "minItems": 3 }]
  }
}

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "always"] */

function foo
(
bar, baz
)
{}
var qux = function
(
bar, baz
)
{};
var qux =
(
bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo
(
bar, baz
)
;
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "always"] */

function foo(
  bar,
  baz
) {}

var qux = function(
  bar, baz
) {};

var qux = (
  bar,
  baz
) => {};

foo(
  bar,
  baz
);
correct

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "never" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "never"] */

function foo
(
bar, baz
)
{}
var qux = function
(
bar, baz
)
{};
var qux =
(
bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo
(
bar, baz
)
;
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "never" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "never"] */

function foo(bar, baz) {}

function qux(bar,
             baz) {}

var foobar = function(bar, baz) {};

var foobar = (bar, baz) => {};

foo(bar, baz);

foo(bar,
  baz);
correct

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default "multiline" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "multiline"] */

function foo
(
bar,
baz ) {} var qux = function
(
bar, baz
)
{};
var qux = ( bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo
(
bar,
baz
)
;
foo
(
function() { return baz; }
)
;
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the default "multiline" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "multiline"] */

function foo(bar, baz) {}

var foobar = function(
  bar,
  baz
) {};

var foobar = (bar, baz) => {};

foo(bar, baz, qux);

foo(
  bar,
  baz,
  qux
);

foo(function() {
  return baz;
});
correct

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "consistent" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "consistent"] */

function foo(bar,
  baz
)
{}
var qux = function(bar, baz
)
{};
var qux = ( bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo( bar, baz
)
;
foo( function() { return baz; }
)
;
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "consistent" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "consistent"] */

function foo(bar,
  baz) {}

var qux = function(bar, baz) {};

var qux = (
  bar,
  baz
) => {};

foo(
  bar, baz
);

foo(
  function() {
    return baz;
  }
);
correct

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "multiline-arguments" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "multiline-arguments"] */

function foo
(
bar,
baz ) {} var foobar = function
(
bar,
baz ) {}; var foobar = ( bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo( bar, baz
)
;
foo(
bar
, qux,
baz );
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the consistent "multiline-arguments" option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", "multiline-arguments"] */

function foo(
  bar,
  baz
) {}

var qux = function(bar, baz) {};

var qux = (
  bar
) => {};

foo(
  function() {
    return baz;
  }
);
correct

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the { "minItems": 3 } option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", { "minItems": 3 }] */

function foo
(
bar, baz
)
{}
function foobar
(
bar, baz, qux
)
{}
var barbaz = function
(
bar, baz
)
{};
var barbaz =
(
bar, baz
)
=> {};
foo
(
bar, baz
)
;
incorrect

Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "minItems": 3 } option:

js
/* eslint @stylistic/js/function-paren-newline: ["error", { "minItems": 3 }] */

function foo(bar, baz) {}

var foobar = function(
  bar,
  baz,
  qux
) {};

var foobar = (
  bar, baz, qux
) => {};

foo(bar, baz);

foo(
  bar, baz, qux
);
correct

When Not To Use It

If don't want to enforce consistent linebreaks inside function parentheses, do not turn on this rule.

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