# declaration-block-semicolon-newline-after Require a newline or disallow whitespace after the semicolons of declaration blocks. ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; ↑ } ↑ /** ↑ * The newline after this semicolon */ ``` This rule ignores: - semicolons that are preceded by Less mixins - the last semicolon of declaration blocks Use the `block-closing-brace-*-before` rules to control the whitespace between the last semicolon and the closing brace instead. This rule allows an end-of-line comment followed by a newline. For example, ```css a { color: pink; /* end-of-line comment */ top: 0; } ``` The [`fix` option](../../../docs/user-guide/usage/options.md#fix) can automatically fix all of the problems reported by this rule. ## Options `string`: `"always"|"always-multi-line"|"never-multi-line"` ### `"always"` There _must always_ be a newline after the semicolon. The following patterns are considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; /* end-of-line comment containing a newline */ top: 0; } ``` The following patterns are _not_ considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; /* end-of-line comment */ top: 0; } ``` ### `"always-multi-line"` There _must always_ be a newline after the semicolon in multi-line rules. The following patterns are considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` The following patterns are _not_ considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` ### `"never-multi-line"` There _must never_ be whitespace after the semicolon in multi-line rules. The following patterns are considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` The following patterns are _not_ considered violations: ```css a { color: pink; } ``` ```css a { color: pink; top: 0; } ``` ```css a { color: pink ; top: 0; } ```