# block-closing-brace-space-before Require a single space or disallow whitespace before the closing brace of blocks. ```css a { color: pink; } /** ↑ * The space before this brace */ ``` ## Options `string`: `"always"|"never"|"always-single-line"|"never-single-line"|"always-multi-line"|"never-multi-line"` ### `"always"` There *must always* be a single space before the closing brace. 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; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ### `"never"` There *must never* be whitespace before the closing brace. 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;} ``` ```css a{ color: pink;} ``` ### `"always-single-line"` There *must always* be a single space before the closing brace in single-line blocks. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink;} ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ```css a { color: pink;} ``` ### `"never-single-line"` There *must never* be whitespace before the closing brace in single-line blocks. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink;} ``` ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ### `"always-multi-line"` There *must always* be a single space before the closing brace in multi-line blocks. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink;} ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink;} ``` ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ### `"never-multi-line"` There *must never* be whitespace before the closing brace in multi-line blocks. The following patterns are considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` The following patterns are *not* considered warnings: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ```css a { color: pink;} ```