# declaration-colon-newline-after Require a newline or disallow whitespace after the colon of declarations. ```css a { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #5b9dd9, 0 0 2px 1px rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.8); } /* ↑ */ /** ↑ * The newline after this colon */ ``` ## Options `string`: `"always"|"always-multi-line"` ### `"always"` There *must always* be a newline after the colon. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { color:pink; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; } ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ### `"always-multi-line"` There *must always* be a newline after the colon *if the declaration's value is multi-line*. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #5b9dd9, 0 0 2px 1px rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.8); } ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #5b9dd9, 0 0 2px 1px rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.8); } ``` ```css a { color: pink; } ```