Setting to ignore whitespace-only lines

VS Code currently removes all trailing whitespace including on whitespace only lines.

Consider the following JavaScript/Typescript snippet:

export default class Example {
    constructor() {
        console.log("called constructor");
    }
    
    doSomething() {
        console.log("I did something.");
    }
}

When I come back to this file, I expect to be able to move the cursor between the two methods and add a new one in between without having to hit the tab key, but after running the VS Code formatter, the whitespace on that line (ln. 5) is removed.

Atom supports this under an “Ignore Whitespace Only Lines” setting.

Additionally, there’s a VS Code extension which adds this functionality.

Trailing Whitespace VS Code Plugin

It’d be really great if it were configurable and/or auto-detected on a per-file basis by the editor, and would really help my workflow.

Thanks so much, Andrew

[Magenda]

Is there any solution to this isuue with or without an extension? It drives me crazy for months now. I would like the cursor to be placed respecting indentation in empty lines after formatting. Thanks!

[Scatterblak]

Is there any movement on this? Really driving me crazy.