How to format React Project in VSCode with ESLint, Prettier, and Flow ending tag without {" "}

Question

I am new to web development, and I have never seen tags closed by {" "}. Why is that?

I have a React project created with the Create React App: https://reactjs.org/docs/create-a-new-react-app.html#create-react-app

I have my project set up with ESLint, Prettier, and Flow using VSCode as my editor. I followed this when setting up my project: https://medium.com/js-imaginea/setup-eslint-prettier-and-flow-in-vscode-a3fd6a48b70a

Here are my VSCode Extensions:

Beautify
Editor Config for VS Code
ESLint
Flow Language Support
Prettier - Code formatter

Here is my .eslint.json:

{
  "env": {
    "browser": true,
    "es6": true
  },
  "extends": [
    "eslint:recommended",
    "prettier",
    "plugin:prettier/recommended"
  ],
  "globals": {
    "Atomics": "readonly",
    "SharedArrayBuffer": "readonly"
  },
  "parserOptions": {
    "ecmaFeatures": {
      "jsx": true
    },
    "ecmaVersion": 2018,
    "sourceType": "module"
  },
  "plugins": [
    "react",
    "prettier"
  ],
  "rules": {
    "prettier/prettier": "error",
    "react/jsx-uses-react": 1,
    "react/jsx-uses-vars": 1,
    "react/react-in-jsx-scope": 1
  }
}

Here is my VSCode Settings:

{
  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
  "javascript.updateImportsOnFileMove.enabled": "always",
  "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
  "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
  "terminal.integrated.cursorStyle": "line",
  "terminal.integrated.enableBell": true,
  "dart.flutterCreateIOSLanguage": "swift",
  "dart.flutterCreateAndroidLanguage": "kotlin",
  "eslint.autoFixOnSave": true,
  "editor.suggestSelection": "first",
  "window.zoomLevel": 1,
  "prettier.eslintIntegration": true,
  "terminal.integrated.shell.osx": "/bin/bash",
  "eslint.alwaysShowStatus": true,
  "files.exclude": {
    "**/.classpath": true,
    "**/.project": true,
    "**/.settings": true,
    "**/.factorypath": true
  },
  "files.autoSave": "off",
  "editor.tabSize": 2,
  "editor.detectIndentation": false,
  "prettier.jsxBracketSameLine": true,
  "javascript.format.insertSpaceAfterOpeningAndBeforeClosingJsxExpressionBraces": true,
  "prettier.jsxSingleQuote": true,
}

Normally, I thought elements were closed like so:

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

But, something happening with ESLint, Prettier, and/or Flow that's formatting it like this (on save):

<h1> Hello World! </h1>{" "}

I don't know what the

{" "}

is. It also adds spaces around the string inside. Is this the right way of formatting? If not, how do I go about removing it? Whenever I save my project, it adds that to the end of an element.

Aloysius Paredes Aloysius Paredes · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-10T14:56:42

I think the issue is fixed,

"editor.formatOnSave": true,

and

"eslint.autoFixOnSave": true,

in my VS Code settings seemed to be conflicting. Changing my VS Code settings to the following:

"editor.formatOnSave": false,
"eslint.autoFixOnSave": true,

seems to fix the issue. Not sure why though.

How to format React Project in VSCode with ESLint, Prettier, and Flow ending tag without {" "}

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