line-comment-position

Line comments can be positioned above or beside code. This rule helps teams maintain a consistent style.

// above comment
var foo = "bar";  // beside comment

Rule Details

This rule enforces consistent position of line comments. Block comments are not affected by this rule. By default, this rule ignores comments starting with the following words: eslint, jshint, jslint, istanbul, global, exported, jscs, falls through.

Options

This rule takes one argument, which can be a string or an object. The string settings are the same as those of the position property (explained below). The object option has the following properties:

position

The position option has two settings:

• above (default) enforces line comments only above code, in its own line.
• beside enforces line comments only at the end of code lines.

above

Examples of incorrect code for the { "position": "above" } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "position": "above" }] */

1 + 1; 
// invalid comment

incorrect

Examples of correct code for the { "position": "above" } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "position": "above" }] */

// valid comment
1 + 1;

correct

beside

Examples of incorrect code for the { "position": "beside" } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "position": "beside" }] */

// invalid comment
1 + 1;

incorrect

Examples of correct code for the { "position": "beside" } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "position": "beside" }] */

1 + 1; // valid comment

correct

ignorePattern

By default this rule ignores comments starting with the following words: eslint, jshint, jslint, istanbul, global, exported, jscs, falls through. An alternative regular expression can be provided.

Examples of incorrect code for the ignorePattern option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "ignorePattern": "pragma" }] */

1 + 1; 
// invalid comment

incorrect

Examples of correct code for the ignorePattern option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "ignorePattern": "pragma" }] */

1 + 1; // pragma valid comment

correct

applyDefaultIgnorePatterns

Default ignore patterns are applied even when ignorePattern is provided. If you want to omit default patterns, set this option to false.

Examples of incorrect code for the { "applyDefaultIgnorePatterns": false } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "ignorePattern": "pragma", "applyDefaultIgnorePatterns": false }] */

1 + 1; 
// falls through

incorrect

Examples of correct code for the { "applyDefaultIgnorePatterns": false } option:

/* eslint @stylistic/line-comment-position: ["error", { "ignorePattern": "pragma", "applyDefaultIgnorePatterns": false }] */

1 + 1; // pragma valid comment

correct

When Not To Use It

If you aren't concerned about having different line comment styles, then you can turn off this rule.

Compatibility

JSCS: validateCommentPosition

Changelog

v6.0.0-beta.1 on 3/10/2026

• feat!5d180dfremove deprecated options (#1084)