# declaration-colon-space-after Require a single space or disallow whitespace after the colon of declarations. ```css a { color: pink } /** ↑ * The space after this colon */ ``` ## Options `string`: `"always"|"never"|"always-single-line"` ### `"always"` There *must always* be a single space 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 } ``` ```css a { color: pink } ``` ### `"never"` There *must never* be whitespace 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 } ``` ```css a { color:pink } ``` ### `"always-single-line"` There *must always* be a single space after the colon *if the declaration's value is single-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 { box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px #5b9dd9, 0 0 2px 1px rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.8); } ``` ```css a { box-shadow:0 0 0 1px #5b9dd9, 0 0 2px 1px rgba(30, 140, 190, 0.8); } ```