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Prettier 3.0: Hello, ECMAScript Modules!

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We are excited to announce the release of the new version of Prettier!

We have made the migration to using ECMAScript Modules for all our source code. This change has significantly improved the development experience for the Prettier team. Please rest assured that when using Prettier as a library, you can still use it as CommonJS as well.

This update comes with several breaking changes. One notable example is the alteration in markdown formatting - spaces are no longer inserted between Latin characters and Chinese or Japanese characters. We'd like to extend our gratitude to Tatsunori Uchino, who has made significant contributions to Prettier over the past year, particularly with this feature. Additionally, the default value of trailingComma has been changed to "all".

Another important change in this release is the significant overhaul of the plugin interface. Prettier now supports plugins written using ECMAScript Modules and async parsers. If you're a plugin developer, please exercise caution while updating. You can find the migration guide here. As always, we welcome bug reports and feedback!

This release also includes numerous formatting improvements and bug fixes.

If you appreciate Prettier and would like to support our work, please consider sponsoring us directly via our OpenCollective or by sponsoring the projects we depend on, such as typescript-eslint, remark, and Babel. Thank you for your continued support!

Highlights

Markdown

Improve handling of whitespace for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (#11597 by @tats-u)

Stop inserting spaces between Chinese or Japanese and Western characters

Previously, Prettier would insert spaces between Chinese or Japanese and Western characters (letters and digits). While some people prefer this style, it isn’t standard, and is in fact contrary to official guidelines. Please see here for more details. We decided it’s not Prettier’s job to enforce a particular style in this case, so spaces aren’t inserted anymore, while existing ones are preserved. If you need a tool for enforcing spacing style, consider textlint-ja or lint-md (rules space-round-alphabet and space-round-number).

The tricky part of this change were ambiguous line breaks between Chinese or Japanese and Western characters. When Prettier unwraps text, it needs to decide whether such a line break should be simply removed or replaced with a space. For that Prettier examines the surrounding text and infers the preferred style.

<!-- Input -->
漢字
Alphabetsひらがな12345カタカナ67890

漢字 Alphabets ひらがな 12345 カタカナ 67890

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
漢字 Alphabets ひらがな 12345 カタカナ 67890

漢字 Alphabets ひらがな 12345 カタカナ 67890

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
漢字Alphabetsひらがな12345カタカナ67890

漢字 Alphabets ひらがな 12345 カタカナ 67890
Comply to line breaking rules in Chinese and Japanese

There are rules that prohibit certain characters from appearing at the beginning or the end of a line in Chinese and Japanese. E.g., full stop characters , , and . shouldn’t start a line whereas shouldn’t end a line. Prettier now follows these rules when it wraps text, that is when proseWrap is set to always.

<!-- Input -->
HTCPCPのエラー418は、ティーポットにコーヒーを淹(い)れさせようとしたときに返されるステータスコードだ。

<!-- Prettier 2.8 with --prose-wrap always --print-width 8 -->
HTCPCP の
エラー
418 は、
ティーポ
ットにコ
ーヒーを
淹(い)
れさせよ
うとした
ときに返
されるス
テータス
コードだ


<!-- Prettier 3.0 with the same options -->
HTCPCPの
エラー
418は、
ティー
ポットに
コーヒー
を淹
(い)れ
させよう
としたと
きに返さ
れるス
テータス
コード
だ。
Do not break lines inside Korean words

Korean uses spaces to divide words, and an inappropriate division may change the meaning of a sentence:

  • 노래를 못해요.: I’m not good at singing.
  • 노래를 못 해요.: I can’t sing (for some reason).

Previously, when proseWrap was set to always, successive Hangul characters could get split by a line break, which could later be converted to a space when the document is edited and reformatted. This doesn’t happen anymore. Korean text is now wrapped like English.

<!-- Input -->
노래를 못해요.

<!-- Prettier 2.8 with --prose-wrap always --print-width 9 -->
노래를 못
해요.

<!-- Prettier 2.8, subsequent reformat with --prose-wrap always --print-width 80 -->
노래를 못 해요.

<!-- Prettier 3.0 with --prose-wrap always --print-width 9 -->
노래를
못해요.

<!-- Prettier 3.0, subsequent reformat with --prose-wrap always --print-width 80 -->
노래를 못해요.

A line break between Hangul and non-Hangul letters and digits is converted to a space when Prettier unwraps the text. Consider this example:

3분 기다려 주지.

In this sentence, if you break the line between “3” and “분”, a space will be inserted there when the text gets unwrapped.

API

Support plugins with async parsers (#12748 by @fisker, #13211 by @thorn0 and @fisker)

parse function in a plugin can return a Promise now.

In order to support async parsers for embedded languages, we had to introduce a breaking change to the plugin API. Namely, the embed method of a printer has now to match a completely new signature, incompatible with previous versions. If you're a plugin author and your plugins don't define embed, you have nothing to worry about, otherwise see the docs for details.

Also, the preprocess method of a printer can return a promise now.

Support config files in ESM (#13130 by @fisker)

Config files in ESM are supported, supported config file names:

  • prettier.config.js (in place with {"type": "module"} in package.json)
  • .prettierrc.js (same as above)
  • prettier.config.mjs
  • .prettierrc.mjs.
export default {
trailingComma: "es5",
tabWidth: 4,
semi: false,
singleQuote: true,
};

Shareable config package can also be a pure ESM package.

Breaking Changes

JavaScript

Change the default value for trailingComma to all (#11479 by @fisker, #13143 by @sosukesuzuki)

Since version 2.0. we've changed the default value for trailingComma to es5.

Internet Explorer, the last browser to not allow trailing commas in function calls, has been unsupported on June 15, 2022. Accordingly, change the default value for trailingComma to all.

If the old behavior is still preferred, please configure Prettier with { "trailingComma": "es5" }.

Remove Flow syntax support from babel parser (#14314 by @fisker, @thorn0)

For historical reasons, Prettier used to recognize Flow syntax in JS files when the parser option was set to babel even if the file didn't include the @flow pragma. This support was limited and bad for performance, so it has been removed in Prettier 3.0. Prettier with the babel parser still automatically switches to the Flow syntax if it finds the @flow pragma or the file has the .js.flow extension.

Flow

Remove support for Flow comments (#13687, #13703 by @thorn0)

Being a kind of preprocessor, Flow comments AKA comment types are processed on the token level and can't be represented in an AST in the general case. Flow builds the AST as if these special comment tokens didn't exist. Example:

/*:: if */ (x) + y;

This is parsed as if (x) +y; by Flow and as x + y; by JS parsers that don't support Flow.

Previously, for some special cases, Prettier tried to detect that this syntax was used and to preserve it. As an attempt to solve an unsolvable problem, this limited support was fragile and riddled with bugs, so it has been removed. Now if the parser option is set to flow or babel-flow, Flow comments will be parsed and reprinted like normal code. If a parser that doesn't support Flow is used, they will be treated like usual comments.

// Input
let a /*: foo */ = b;

// Prettier 2.8
let a /*: foo */ = b;

// Prettier 3.0 with --parser flow
let a: foo = b;

// Prettier 3.0 with --parser babel
let a /*: foo */ = b;
// Input
type Foo = [
{
from: string,
to: string,
}, // <- 1
];
type Foo = Promise<
| { ok: true, bar: string, baz: SomeOtherLongType }
| { ok: false, bar: SomeOtherLongType }, // <- 2
>;

// Prettier 2.8
type Foo = [
{
from: string,
to: string,
} // <- 1
];
type Foo = Promise<
| { ok: true, bar: string, baz: SomeOtherLongType }
| { ok: false, bar: SomeOtherLongType } // <- 2
>;

// Prettier 3.0
type Foo = [
{
from: string,
to: string,
}, // <- 1
];
type Foo = Promise<
| { ok: true, bar: string, baz: SomeOtherLongType }
| { ok: false, bar: SomeOtherLongType }, // <- 2
>;

CSS

Add the pure css parser (#7933, #9092, #9093 by @fisker)

Previously, when --parser=css was passed, Prettier tried to parse the content using postcss-scss and postcss-less. This caused confusion, and made syntax errors difficult to spot. Now --parser=css works only with the vanilla CSS syntax.

If you use parser="css" for your .less/.scss files, update it to the correct parser or remove the parser option to let Prettier auto-detect the parser by the file extension.

/* Input */
/* Less Syntax with `--parser=css` */
a {.bordered();}

/* Prettier 2.8 */
/* Less Syntax with `--parser=css` */
a {
.bordered();
}

/* Prettier 3.0 */
SyntaxError: (postcss) CssSyntaxError Unknown word (2:4)
1 | /* Less Syntax with `--parser=css` */
> 2 | a {.bordered();}
/* Input */
/* Scss Syntax with `--parser=css` */
::before {content: #{$foo}}

/* Prettier 2.8 */
/* Scss Syntax with `--parser=css` */
::before {
content: #{$foo};
}

/* Prettier 3.0 */
SyntaxError: (postcss) CssSyntaxError Unknown word (2:22)
1 | /* Scss Syntax with `--parser=css` */
> 2 | ::before {content: #{$foo}}

GraphQL

Drop support for "comma separated interfaces" syntax (#12835 by @fisker)

# Input
type Type1 implements A, B {a: a}

# Prettier 2.8
type Type1 implements A, B {
a: a
}

# Prettier 3.0
SyntaxError: Syntax Error: Unexpected Name "B". (1:26)
> 1 | type Type1 implements A, B {a: a}

API

Drop support for Node.js 10 and 12 (#11830 by @fisker, #13118 by @sosukesuzuki)

The minimal required Node.js version is v14

Change public APIs to asynchronous (#12574, #12788, #12790, #13265 by @fisker)

  • prettier.format() returns Promise<string>
  • prettier.formatWithCursor() returns Promise<{formatted: string, cursorOffset: number}>
  • prettier.formatAST() returns Promise<string>
  • prettier.check() returns Promise<boolean>
  • prettier.getSupportInfo() returns Promise
  • prettier.clearConfigCache() returns Promise<void>
  • prettier.resolveConfig.sync is removed
  • prettier.resolveConfigFile.sync is removed
  • prettier.getFileInfo.sync is removed

If you still need sync APIs, you can try @prettier/sync

Npm package file structures changed (#12740 by @fisker, #13530 by @fisker, #14570 by @fisker)

File structures changes:

  • bin-prettier.js -> bin/prettier.cjs
  • esm/standalone.mjs -> standalone.mjs
  • esm/parser-angular.mjs -> plugins/angular.mjs
  • parser-angular.js -> plugins/angular.js
  • esm/parser-babel.mjs -> plugins/babel.mjs
  • parser-babel.js -> plugins/babel.js
  • esm/parser-espree.mjs -> plugins/acorn-and-espree.mjs
  • parser-espree.js -> plugins/acorn.js
    global object renamed prettierPlugins.espree -> prettierPlugins.acorn
  • esm/parser-flow.mjs -> plugins/flow.mjs
  • parser-flow.js -> plugins/flow.js
  • esm/parser-glimmer.mjs -> plugins/glimmer.mjs
  • parser-glimmer.js -> plugins/glimmer.js
  • esm/parser-graphql.mjs -> plugins/graphql.mjs
  • parser-graphql.js -> plugins/graphql.js
  • esm/parser-html.mjs -> plugins/html.mjs
  • parser-html.js -> plugins/html.js
  • esm/parser-markdown.mjs -> plugins/markdown.mjs
  • parser-markdown.js -> plugins/markdown.js
  • esm/parser-meriyah.mjs -> plugins/meriyah.mjs
  • parser-meriyah.js -> plugins/meriyah.js
  • esm/parser-postcss.mjs -> plugins/postcss.mjs
  • parser-postcss.js -> plugins/postcss.js
  • esm/parser-typescript.mjs -> plugins/typescript.mjs
  • parser-typescript.js -> plugins/typescript.js
  • esm/parser-yaml.mjs -> plugins/yaml.mjs
  • parser-yaml.js -> plugins/yaml.js

Check full list on https://unpkg.com/browse/prettier@3.0.0/.

A new plugin has been added:

  • plugins/estree.mjs (ESM version)
  • plugins/estree.js (UMD version)

If you use standalone version, this plugin should be loaded when printing JavaScript, TypeScript, Flow, or JSON.

import { format } from "prettier/standalone";
- import prettierPluginBabel from "prettier/parser-babel";
+ import * as prettierPluginBabel from "prettier/plugins/babel";
+ import * as prettierPluginEstree from "prettier/plugins/estree";

console.log(
- format(code, {
+ await format(code, {
parser: "babel",
- plugins: [prettierPluginBabel],
+ plugins: [prettierPluginBabel, prettierPluginEstree],
})
);
- node ./node_modules/prettier/bin-prettier.js . --write
+ node ./node_modules/prettier/bin/prettier.cjs . --write

Support plugins in ESM (#13201 by @fisker)

Since v3.0.0, we load plugins via import() instead of require(), plugins can be ESM modules now.

If you use --plugin by directory path, or file path without extensions, the plugin may not able to load.

- prettier . --plugin=path/to/my-plugin-directory
+ prettier . --plugin=path/to/my-plugin-directory/index.js
- prettier . --plugin=path/to/my-plugin-file
+ prettier . --plugin=path/to/my-plugin-file.js

Update prettier.doc (#13203, #14456 by @fisker)

prettier.doc.builders.concat was deprecated in v2.3.0, now it's removed.

The following apis are never documented, they mean to only use internally, now they are removed.

  • prettier.doc.utils.getDocParts
  • prettier.doc.utils.propagateBreaks
  • prettier.doc.utils.cleanDoc
  • prettier.doc.utils.getDocType
  • prettier.doc.debug.printDocToDebug

textToDoc trims trailing hard lines (#13220 by @fisker)

Previously, in all core languages, after embedded code printed to Doc, we call prettier.doc.utils.stripTrailingHardline() to remove the trailing hard lines.

We believe make textToDoc return docs without trailing hard lines makes the plugins easier to do embed print.

Removed support for custom parser api (#13250 by @fisker and @thorn0)

Before plugins were a thing, Prettier had a similar but more limited feature called custom parsers. It’s been removed in v3.0.0 as its functionality was a subset of what the Plugin API did. If you used it, please check how to migrate.

The second argument parsers passed to parsers.parse has been removed (#13268 by @fisker)

The plugin's print function signature changed from

function parse(text: string, parsers: object, options: object): AST;

to

function parse(text: string, options: object): Promise<AST> | AST;

The second argument parsers has been removed, if you still need other parser during parse process, you can:

  1. Import the plugin yourself (recommended)

    import * as prettierPluginBabel from "prettier/plugins/babel";

    const myCustomPlugin = {
    parsers: {
    "my-custom-parser": {
    async parse(text) {
    const ast = await prettierPluginBabel.parsers.babel.parse(text);
    ast.program.body[0].expression.callee.name = "_";
    return ast;
    },
    astFormat: "estree",
    },
    },
    };
  2. Get the parser from the options argument

    function getParserFromOptions(options, parserName) {
    const parserOrParserInitFunction = options.plugins.find(
    (plugin) => plugin.parsers && Object.hasOwn(plugin.parsers, parserName),
    )?.parsers[parserName];
    return typeof parserOrParserInitFunction === "function"
    ? parserOrParserInitFunction()
    : parserOrParserInitFunction;
    }

    const myCustomPlugin = {
    parsers: {
    "my-custom-parser": {
    async parse(text, options) {
    const babelParser = await getParserFromOptions(options, "babel");
    const ast = await babelParser.parse(text);
    ast.program.body[0].expression.callee.name = "_";
    return ast;
    },
    astFormat: "estree",
    },
    },
    };

undefined and null are not passed to plugin's print function (#13397 by @fisker)

If your plugin happened to use print to print them, please check them in the parent node instead.

function print(path, print) {
- const value = path.getValue();
- if (!value?.type) {
- return String(value);
- }

- return path.map(print, "values");

+ return path.map(({node}) => (node?.type ? print() : String(node)), "values");
}

Allow using arbitrary truthy values for label docs (#13532 by @thorn0)

The label doc builder has been changed. See the documentation.

getFileInfo() resolves config by default (#14108 by @fisker)

options.resolveConfig default to true now, see the documentation.

Plugin search feature has been removed (#14759 by @fisker)

The plugin auto search feature didn't work well when using pnpm, and cause slowness.

--plugin-search-dir, --no-plugin-search flags for CLI and pluginSearchDirs in API options has been removed in Prettier 3.0.

--plugin flag and plugins option should be used instead, see documentation.

CLI

Ignore .gitignored files by default (#14731 by @fisker)

Prettier ignores files ignored by .gitignore by default. If you want the old behavior(only ignore files ignored by .prettierignore), use

prettier . --write --ignore-path=.prettierignore

Other Changes

JavaScript

Support the "decorated function" pattern (#10714 by @thorn0)

In this case the developer is usually willing to sacrifice the readability of the arrow function's signature to get less indentation in its body. Prettier now recognizes this pattern and keeps the arrow function hugged even if the signature breaks.

// Prettier 2.8
const Counter = decorator("my-counter")(
(props: { initialCount?: number; label?: string }) => {
// ...
}
);

// Prettier 3.0
const Counter = decorator("my-counter")((props: {
initialCount?: number;
label?: string;
}) => {
// ...
});

Fix cursor positioning for files containing emoji (#13340 by @fisker)

$ cat test.js
const { formatWithCursor } = await import("prettier");
const code = "'😀😀😀😀'";
await formatWithCursor(code, {parser: "babel", cursorOffset: 9})

# Prettier 2.8
$ node test.js
{ formatted: '"😀😀😀😀";\n', cursorOffset: 5, comments: [] }

# Prettier 3.0
$ node test.js
{ formatted: '"😀😀😀😀";\n', cursorOffset: 9, comments: [] }

Fix edge cases of the first call argument expansion (#13341 by @thorn0)

// Input
export default whatever(function (a: {
aaaaaaaaa: string;
bbbbbbbbb: string;
ccccccccc: string;
}) {
return null;
}, "xyz");

call(
function() {
return 1;
},
$var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? $var ?? 'test'
);

// Prettier 2.8
export default whatever(function (a: {
aaaaaaaaa: string;
bbbbbbbbb: string;
ccccccccc: string;
}) {
return null;
},
"xyz");

call(function () {
return 1;
}, $var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
"test");

// Prettier 3.0
export default whatever(function (a: {
aaaaaaaaa: string,
bbbbbbbbb: string,
ccccccccc: string,
}) {
return null;
}, "xyz");

call(
function () {
return 1;
},
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
$var ??
"test",
);

Fix indentation of arrow function chains in call arguments and binary expressions (#13391 by @thorn0)

The motivation behind the chosen formatting is to make it clear how many arguments the call has. However, there was a bug with the indentation of the first signature in the chain if that signature didn't fit on one line.

// Prettier 2.8
askTrovenaBeenaDependsRowans(
glimseGlyphsHazardNoopsTieTie,
(
averredBathersBoxroomBuggyNurl,
anodyneCondosMalateOverateRetinol = "default"
) =>
(annularCooeedSplicesWalksWayWay) =>
(kochabCooieGameOnOboleUnweave) =>
abugidicRomanocastorProvider,
weaponizedStellatedOctahedron
);

// Prettier 3.0
askTrovenaBeenaDependsRowans(
glimseGlyphsHazardNoopsTieTie,
(
averredBathersBoxroomBuggyNurl,
anodyneCondosMalateOverateRetinol = "default",
) =>
(annularCooeedSplicesWalksWayWay) =>
(kochabCooieGameOnOboleUnweave) =>
abugidicRomanocastorProvider,
weaponizedStellatedOctahedron,
);

Don't break signature of hugged function expression if parameters are identifiers without types (#13410 by @thorn0)

// Prettier 2.8
export const Link = forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, LinkProps>(function Link(
props,
ref
) {
return <ThemeUILink ref={ref} variant="default" {...props} />;
});

// Prettier 3.0
export const Link = forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, LinkProps>(
function Link(props, ref) {
return <ThemeUILink ref={ref} variant="default" {...props} />;
},
);

Fix interleaved comments (#13438 by @thorn0)

// Input
function x() {
} // first
; // second

// Prettier 2.8
function x() {} // first // second

// Prettier 3.0
function x() {} // first
// second

Support nestled JSDoc comments (#13445 by @thorn0)

This kind of comments is used to document overloaded functions (see https://github.com/jsdoc/jsdoc/issues/1017).

// Input
/**
* @template T
* @param {Type} type
* @param {T} value
* @return {Value}
*//**
* @param {Type} type
* @return {Value}
*/
function value(type, value) {
if (arguments.length === 2) {
return new ConcreteValue(type, value);
} else {
return new Value(type);
}
}

// Prettier 2.8
/**
* @template T
* @param {Type} type
* @param {T} value
* @return {Value}
*/ /**
* @param {Type} type
* @return {Value}
*/
function value(type, value) {
if (arguments.length === 2) {
return new ConcreteValue(type, value);
} else {
return new Value(type);
}
}

// Prettier 3.0
/**
* @template T
* @param {Type} type
* @param {T} value
* @return {Value}
*//**
* @param {Type} type
* @return {Value}
*/
function value(type, value) {
if (arguments.length === 2) {
return new ConcreteValue(type, value);
} else {
return new Value(type);
}
}

Fix unstable template literals with embedded languages (#13532 by @thorn0)

If a template literal with embedded syntax is the only argument of a call or the body of an arrow function and has leading and trailing whitespace, it won't be printed on a new line.

// Input
foo(/* HTML */ ` <!-- bar1 --> bar <!-- bar2 --> `);

// Prettier 2.8 (first output)
foo(
/* HTML */ `
<!-- bar1 -->
bar
<!-- bar2 -->
`
);

// Prettier 2.8 (second output)
foo(/* HTML */ `
<!-- bar1 -->
bar
<!-- bar2 -->
`);

// Prettier 3.0 (first output)
foo(/* HTML */ `
<!-- bar1 -->
bar
<!-- bar2 -->
`);

Fix indention of expressions in template literals (#13621 by @fisker)

// Input
`
1. Go to ${chalk.green.underline(FOO_LINK)}
2. Click "${chalk.green(
"Run workflow"
)}" button, type "${chalk.yellow.underline(
version
)}", hit the "${chalk.bgGreen("Run workflow")}" button.
`

// Prettier 2.8
`
1. Go to ${chalk.green.underline(FOO_LINK)}
2. Click "${chalk.green(
"Run workflow"
)}" button, type "${chalk.yellow.underline(
version
)}", hit the "${chalk.bgGreen("Run workflow")}" button.
`;

// Prettier 3.0
`
1. Go to ${chalk.green.underline(FOO_LINK)}
2. Click "${chalk.green(
"Run workflow",
)}" button, type "${chalk.yellow.underline(
version,
)}", hit the "${chalk.bgGreen("Run workflow")}" button.
`;

Add support for "Explicit Resource Management" proposal (#13752 by @fisker, #14862 by @sosukesuzuki)

The Stage 2 proposal "Explicit Resource Management" is now supported via Babel 7.20.0 and 7.22.0.

Also keep in mind our policy on non-standardized syntax before using this proposed syntax feature with Prettier.

// Examples
{
using obj = g(); // block-scoped declaration
const r = obj.next();
} // calls finally blocks in `g`

{
await using obj = g(); // block-scoped declaration
const r = obj.next();
} // calls finally blocks in `g`

Add support for "Import Reflection" proposal (#13771 by @fisker)

The Stage 2 proposal "Import Reflection" is now supported via Babel 7.20.0. Also keep in mind our policy on non-standardized syntax before using this proposed syntax feature with Prettier.

// Examples
import module x from "<specifier>";

Fix inconsistent between array/tuple and object/record (#14065 by @fisker)

// Input
foo.a().b().c([n, o])
foo.a().b().c(#[n, o])
foo.a().b().c({n, o})
foo.a().b().c(#{n, o})

// Prettier 2.8
foo.a().b().c([n, o]);
foo
.a()
.b()
.c(#[n, o]);
foo.a().b().c({ n, o });
foo
.a()
.b()
.c(#{ n, o });

// Prettier 3.0
foo.a().b().c([n, o]);
foo.a().b().c(#[n, o]);
foo.a().b().c({ n, o });
foo.a().b().c(#{ n, o });

Fix cursor tracking inside JSX Text (#14163 by @fisker)

// Prettier 2.8
formatWithCursor(
["<>a", " <div>hi</div>", "</>"].join("\n"),
{ cursorOffset: 3, parser: "babel" }
).cursorOffset;
// -> 2

// Prettier 3.0
(await formatWithCursor(
["<>a", " <div>hi</div>", "</>"].join("\n"),
{ cursorOffset: 3, parser: "babel" }
)).cursorOffset;
// -> 6

Avoid unnecessarily indenting nested await expressions (#14192 by @thorn0)

A refinement of this change in v2.3. Sometimes there is no need to force indentation of nested await expressions.

// Prettier 2.8
await Promise.all(
(
await readdir("src")
).map((path) => {
import(`./${path}`);
})
);

// Prettier 3.0
await Promise.all(
(await readdir("src")).map((path) => {
import(`./${path}`);
}),
);

Support regexp modifiers proposal (#14391 by @fisker)

See Regular Expression Pattern Modifiers for ECMAScript.

Fix missing parentheses and semicolons around prettier-ignored nodes (#14406 by @fisker)

// Input
async function request(url) {
return (
// prettier-ignore
await fetch(url)
).json()
}

// Prettier 2.8
async function request(url) {
return (
// prettier-ignore
await fetch(url).json()
);
}

// Prettier 3.0
async function request(url) {
return (
// prettier-ignore
(await fetch(url)).json()
);
}
// Input
foo();
// prettier-ignore
[bar, baz].forEach(console.log)

// Prettier 2.8 (--no-semi)
foo()
// prettier-ignore
[bar, baz].forEach(console.log)

// Prettier 3.0
foo()
// prettier-ignore
;[bar, baz].forEach(console.log)

Remove unnecessary parentheses around class expression (#14409 by @fisker)

// Input
call(
@dec class {}
);

// Prettier 2.8
call(
(
@dec
class {}
)
);

// Prettier 3.0
call(
@dec
class {},
);

Add parentheses to head of ExpressionStatement instead of the whole statement (#14599 by @fisker)

// Input
const isArray = (object) => ({}).toString.call(foo) === "[object Array]";

// Prettier 2.8
const isArray = (object) => ({}.toString.call(foo) === "[object Array]");

// Prettier 3.0
const isArray = (object) => ({}).toString.call(foo) === "[object Array]";

Improve consistency between curried and non-curried arrow function (#14633 by @seiyab, @fisker)

// Input
Y(() => a ? b : c);
Y(() => () => a ? b : c);

// Prettier 2.8
Y(() => (a ? b : c));
Y(() => () => a ? b : c);

// Prettier 3.0
Y(() => (a ? b : c));
Y(() => () => (a ? b : c));

Fix empty line check between array elements (#14736 by @solarized-fox)

// Input
[
(a = b),

c // comment
]

// Prettier 2.8
[
(a = b),
c, // comment
];

// Prettier 3.0
[
(a = b),

c, // comment
];

Support trailing comments in function parameters for all param types (#14835 by @pieterv)

Support function parameter trailing comments for RestElement, ArrayPattern and ObjectPattern parameter node types.

// Input
function Foo(
...bar
// Trailing comment
) {}

// Prettier 2.8
function Foo(...bar) // Trailing comment
{}

// Prettier 3.0
function Foo(
...bar
// Trailing comment
) {}

Support Import Attributes (#14861, #14863 by @sosukesuzuki)

Support Import Attributes proposal.

import json from "./foo.json" with { type: "json" };
import("./foo.json", { with: { type: "json" } });

TypeScript

Fix leading comments in mapped types with readonly (#13427 by @thorn0, @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
type Type = {
// comment
readonly [key in Foo];
};

// Prettier 2.8
type Type = {
readonly // comment
[key in Foo];
};

// Prettier 3.0
type Type = {
// comment
readonly [key in Foo];
};

Consistent dangling comments formatting for tuple types and arrays (#13608 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
type Foo = [
// comment
];
const bar = [
// comment
];

// Prettier 2.8
type Foo = [// comment];
const bar = [
// comment
];

// Prettier 3.0
type Foo = [
// comment
];
const bar = [
// comment
];

Fix union type should be printed in the multi-line variant when there are comments (#13860 by @PerfectPan)

// Input
type FooBar =
| Number // this documents the first option
| void // this documents the second option
;

// Prettier 2.8
type FooBar = Number | void; // this documents the first option // this documents the second option

// Prettier 3.0
type FooBar =
| Number // this documents the first option
| void; // this documents the second option

Improve comment print and cursor tracking around type annotation (#14171 by @fisker)

// Input
let foo /* comment */ : number;

// Prettier 2.8
let foo: /* comment */ number;

// Prettier 3.0
<Same as input>
// Prettier 2.8
prettier.formatWithCursor("let foo: number", {
cursorOffset: 7,
parser: "babel",
}).cursorOffset;

// -> 9

// Prettier 3.0
(
await prettier.formatWithCursor("let foo: number", {
cursorOffset: 7,
parser: "babel",
})
).cursorOffset;

// -> 7

Break on TypeScript parameter properties (#14402 by @seiyab)

// Input
class MyClass {
constructor(
protected x: number,
private y: string
) {}
}

// Prettier 2.8
class MyClass {
constructor(protected x: number, private y: string) {}
}

// Prettier 3.0
class MyClass {
constructor(
protected x: number,
private y: string,
) {}
}

Fix formatting of union type with single type (#14654 by @fisker and @auvred)

// Input
type T =
| (
| {
value: number
}
| {
value: string
}
)

// Prettier 2.8
type T =
|
| {
value: number;
}
| {
value: string;
};

// Prettier 3.0
type T =
| {
value: number;
}
| {
value: string;
};

Improve new line detection in mapped type (#14659 by @fisker)

// Input
type A1 = { [A in B]:
T}
type A2 = {
[A in B]:T}

// Prettier 2.8
type A1 = {
[A in B]: T;
};
type A2 = {
[A in B]: T;
};

// Prettier 3.0
type A1 = { [A in B]: T };
type A2 = {
[A in B]: T;
};

Line breaking after extends in type parameters (#14672, #14858 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
export type OuterType2<
LongerLongerLongerLongerInnerType extends LongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerOtherType
> = { a: 1 };

// Prettier 2.8
export type OuterType2<
LongerLongerLongerLongerInnerType extends LongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerOtherType
> = { a: 1 };

// Prettier 3.0
export type OuterType2<
LongerLongerLongerLongerInnerType extends
LongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerLongerOtherType,
> = { a: 1 };

Fix missing required comma in type parameters (#14688 by @fisker, @sosukesuzuki)

Previously, we only print trailing comma when file extension is .tsx, turns out .mts, .cts files requires it to parse too.

// Input
export const unsafeCoerce = <T,>(u: unknown): T => u as T

// Prettier 2.8
export const unsafeCoerce = <T>(u: unknown): T => u as T;

// Prettier 3.0
export const unsafeCoerce = <T,>(u: unknown): T => u as T;

Keep parentheses around TSInstantiationExpression followed by a property access (#14701 by @morsko1)

// Input
(Array<string>).a;
(Array<string>)?.a;
(Array<string>)[a];
(Array<string>)?.[a];

// Prettier 2.8
Array<string>.a;
Array<string>?.a;
Array<string>[a];
Array<string>?.[a];

// Prettier 3.0
(Array<string>).a;
(Array<string>)?.a;
(Array<string>)[a];
(Array<string>)?.[a];

Fix issue with double semicolon caused by // prettier-ignore on a call signature line (#14830 by @ot07)

// Input
type Foo = {
(): void; // prettier-ignore
second: string;
};

// Prettier 2.8
type Foo = {
(): void;; // prettier-ignore
second: string;
};

// Prettier 3.0
type Foo = {
(): void; // prettier-ignore
second: string;
};

Flow

An object type in a declare function signature now breaks before the return type (#13396 by @thorn0)

This behavior has been unified with how TypeScript is formatted.

// Input
declare function bla (props: { a: boolean, b: string, c: number }): Promise<Array<foo>>

// Prettier 2.8
declare function bla(props: { a: boolean, b: string, c: number }): Promise<
Array<foo>
>;

// Prettier 3.0
declare function bla(props: {
a: boolean;
b: string;
c: number;
}): Promise<Array<foo>>;

Support conditional type and infer type (#14573 by @SamChou19815)

// Input
type TestReturnType<T extends (...args: any[]) => any> = T extends (...args: any[]) => infer R ? R : any;

// Prettier 2.8
// Does not parse

// Prettier 3.0
type TestReturnType<T extends (...args: any[]) => any> = T extends (
...args: any[]
) => infer R
? R
: any;

Support Mapped Types and keyof (#14619 by @jbrown215)

// Input
type Mapped = {[key in keyof O]:number};

// Prettier 2.8
// Does not parse

// Prettier 3.0
type Mapped = { [key in keyof O]: number };

Support type guards (#14767 by @panagosg7)

// Input
function isString (x: mixed): x is string { return typeof x === "string"; }

// Prettier 2.8
// Does not parse

// Prettier 3.0
function isString(x: mixed): x is string {
return typeof x === 'string';
}

CSS

Improve custom properties format (#9209 by @fisker)

Thanks to PostCSS 8.0, we can handle these edge cases on custom properties.

/* Input */
:root {
--empty: ;
--JSON: [1, "2", {"three": {"a":1}}, [4]];
--javascript: function(rule) { console.log(rule) };
}

@supports (--element(".minwidth", { "minWidth": 300 })) {
[--self] {
background: greenyellow;
}
}

/* Prettier 2.8 */
SyntaxError: (postcss) CssSyntaxError Missed semicolon (3:20)
1 | :root {
2 | --empty: ;
> 3 | --JSON: [1, "2", {"three": {"a":1}}, [4]];
| ^
4 | --javascript: function(rule) { console.log(rule) };
5 | }
6 |

/* Prettier 3.0 */
:root {
--empty: ;
--JSON: [1, "2", {"three": {"a": 1}}, [4]];
--javascript: function(rule) {console.log(rule)};
}

@supports (--element(".minwidth", {"minWidth": 300})) {
[--self] {
background: greenyellow;
}
}

Keep trailing-comma for var function (#13402 by @sosukesuzuki)

/* Input */
.foo {
--bar: var(--baz,);
}

/* Prettier 2.8 */
.foo {
--bar: var(--baz);
}

/* Prettier 3.0 */
.foo {
--bar: var(--baz,);
}

Fix line break in CSS declaration with comma (#14208 by @mvorisek)

// Input
.myclass {
box-shadow:
inset 0 0 10px #555,
0 0 20px black;
}

// Prettier 2.8
.myclass {
box-shadow: inset 0 0 10px #555, 0 0 20px black;
}

// Prettier 3.0
.myclass {
box-shadow:
inset 0 0 10px #555,
0 0 20px black;
}

Fix url contains comma (#14476 by @seiyab)

/* Input */
@font-face {
src: url(RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf);
}

/* Prettier 2.8 */
@font-face {
src: url(RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRADXTRAYOPQYTASYTDEYTFIYTLCYTUCopszslntwdthwght.ttf);
}

/* Prettier 3.0 */
@font-face {
src: url(RobotoFlex-VariableFont_GRAD,XTRA,YOPQ,YTAS,YTDE,YTFI,YTLC,YTUC,opsz,slnt,wdth,wght.ttf);
}

SCSS

Fix formatting string value that includes escape \ (#13487 by @sosukesuzuki)

/* Input */
$description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit \"amet\", consectetur adipiscing elit, " +
"sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.";

/* Prettier 2.8 */
$description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit "amet", consectetur adipiscing elit, '+ "sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.";

/* Prettier 3.0 */
$description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit "amet", consectetur adipiscing elit, ' +
"sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.";

Less

Fix interpolation parse error (#11343 by @fisker)

// Input
@{selector}-title{ @{prop}-size: @{color} }

// Prettier 2.8
SyntaxError: CssSyntaxError: Unknown word (1:20)
> 1 | @{selector}-title{ @{prop}-size: @{color} }

// Prettier 3.0
@{selector}-title {
@{prop}-size: @{color};
}

Keep inline JavaScript code as it is (#14109 by @fisker)

// Input
.calcPxMixin() {
@functions: ~`(function() {
const designWidth = 3840
const actualWidth = 5760
this.calcPx = function(_) {
return _ * actualWidth / designWidth + 'px'
}
})()`;
}

// Prettier 2.8
.calcPxMixin() {
@functions: ~`(
function() {const designWidth = 3840 const actualWidth = 5760 this.calcPx =
function(_) {return _ * actualWidth / designWidth + "px"}}
)
() `;
}

// Prettier 3.0
<Same as input>

HTML

<!-- Input -->
<!DocType html>
<html><head></head><body></body></html>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>

Update angular-html-parser (#13578 by @thorn0)

Prettier's fork of Angular's HTML parser was synced with the upstream.

Format <script> inside SVG (#14400 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<script>
document.addEventListener(
'DOMContentLoaded', () => {
const element = document.getElementById('foo')
if (element) {
element.fillStyle = 'currentColor'
}
});
</script>
</svg>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<script>
document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', () => { const element =
document.getElementById('foo') if (element) { element.fillStyle =
'currentColor' } });
</script>
</svg>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<script>
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const element = document.getElementById("foo");
if (element) {
element.fillStyle = "currentColor";
}
});
</script>
</svg>

Recognize <search> element (#14615 by @fisker)

HTML spec added <search> element.

<!-- Input -->
<SEARCH title="Website">
...
</SEARCH>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<SEARCH title="Website"> ... </SEARCH>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<search title="Website">...</search>

Vue

Ignore htmlWhitespaceSensitivity when formatting Vue SFC root blocks (#14401 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<docs lang=unknown></docs><docs lang=unknown></docs><!-- display: inline --><docs lang=unknown></docs><docs lang=unknown style="display: inline"></docs>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 (--html-whitespace-sensitivity=strict) -->
<docs lang="unknown"></docs>><docs lang="unknown"></docs
><!-- display: inline --><docs lang="unknown"></docs
>><docs lang="unknown" style="display: inline"></docs>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<docs lang="unknown"></docs>
<docs lang="unknown"></docs>
<!-- display: inline -->
<docs lang="unknown"></docs>
<docs lang="unknown" style="display: inline"></docs>

Format TypeScript expression in attribute bindings (#14506 by @seiyab)

<!-- Input -->
<script lang="ts"></script>
<template>
<comp :foo=" (a:string)=>1"/>
</template>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<script lang="ts"></script>
<template>
<comp :foo=" (a:string)=>1" />
</template>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<script lang="ts"></script>
<template>
<comp :foo="(a: string) => 1" />
</template>

Fix Vue filter detection (#14542 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<template>
<div>
{{
fn(
bitwise | or | operator | a_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_variable
)
| filter1
| filter2
| filter3
| filter4
}}
</div>
</template>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<template>
<div>
{{
fn(
bitwise
| or
| operator
| a_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_variable
)
| filter1
| filter2
| filter3
| filter4
}}
</div>
</template>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<template>
<div>
{{
fn(
bitwise |
or |
operator |
a_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_long_variable,
)
| filter1
| filter2
| filter3
| filter4
}}
</div>
</template>

Avoid unnecessary leading semicolon (#14557 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<template>
<div @click="[foo, bar].forEach(fn => void fn())"></div>
</template>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 (With `--no-semi` option) -->
<template>
<div @click=";[foo, bar].forEach((fn) => void fn())"></div>
</template>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<template>
<div @click="[foo, bar].forEach((fn) => void fn())"></div>
</template>

Format TS expressions when any script tag has lang="ts" (#14587 by @seiyab)

<!-- Input -->
<script></script>
<script setup lang="ts"></script>
<template>
{{ (x as number).toFixed(2) }}
</template>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<script></script>
<script setup lang="ts"></script>
<template>
{{ (x as number).toFixed(2) }}
</template>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<script></script>
<script setup lang="ts"></script>
<template>
{{ (x as number).toFixed(2) }}
</template>

Angular

Update @angular/compiler to v14 (#13609 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<div [input]="{a, b : 2 }"></div>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
Error: Cannot find front char /:/ from index 0 in "{a, b : 2 }"

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<div [input]="{ a, b: 2 }"></div>
<!-- Input -->
<a [href]="http://google.com">Click me</a>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<a [href]="http: //google.com">Click me</a>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<a [href]="http://google.com">Click me</a>

Fix parentheses with nullish coalescing operator (#14216 by @thron0)

<!-- Input -->
<img [src]="(x && y) ?? z" />

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<img [src]="x && y ?? z" />

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<img [src]="(x && y) ?? z" />

Support computed optional chaining (#14658 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<img [src]=" a?.[0]" />

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<img [src]=" a?.[0]" />

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<img [src]="a?.[0]" />

Remove space after pipe name (#14961 by @waterplea)

We introduced a new format for pipe in Prettier 2.8, but this was not accepted by the community.

Therefore, we are introducing a new format that reflects community input.

For more information on the discussion, please see https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/13887.

<!-- Input -->
<my-component
[value]="value | transform: arg1 : arg2 | format: arg3 : arg4"
></my-component>

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
<my-component
[value]="value | transform : arg1 : arg2 | format : arg3 : arg4"
></my-component>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<my-component
[value]="value | transform: arg1 : arg2 | format: arg3 : arg4"
></my-component>

Markdown

Preserve multiple spaces in inline code (#13590 by @kachkaev and @thorn0)

Previously, multiple whitespace characters in inline code were collapsed into a single space. This is no longer happening to match CommonMark spec.

<!-- Input -->
` foo bar baz `

<!-- Prettier 2.8 -->
` foo bar baz `

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
` foo bar baz `

API

Add .d.ts files (#14212 by @sosukesuzuki, @fisker)

Add type definition files required to use Prettier's JavaScript API from TypeScript. This eliminates the need for users to install @types/prettier.

Update prettier.util (#14317, #14320 by @fisker)

  • Added prettier.util.getNextNonSpaceNonCommentCharacter

  • Changed prettier.util.getNextNonSpaceNonCommentCharacter

    Signature changed from

    function getNextNonSpaceNonCommentCharacterIndex<N>(
    text: string,
    node: N,
    locEnd: (node: N) => number,
    ): number | false;

    to

    function getNextNonSpaceNonCommentCharacterIndex(
    text: string,
    startIndex: number,
    ): number | false;
  • Changed prettier.util.isPreviousLineEmpty

    Signature changed from

    function isPreviousLineEmpty<N>(
    text: string,
    node: N,
    locStart: (node: N) => number,
    ): boolean;

    to

    function isPreviousLineEmpty(text: string, startIndex: number): boolean;
  • Changed prettier.util.isNextLineEmpty

    Signature changed from

    function isNextLineEmpty<N>(
    text: string,
    node: N,
    locEnd: (node: N) => number,
    ): boolean;

    to

    function isNextLineEmpty(text: string, startIndex: number): boolean;
  • Deprecated prettier.util.isNextLineEmptyAfterIndex

    Use prettier.util.isNextLineEmpty instead.

See the documentation for details.

Fix plugin loading cache (#14576 by @fisker)

Plugin instances are incorrectly memoized, check this issue for details.

Stop formatting unknown code with babel parser (#14718 by @fisker)

await prettier.format("foo")

// Prettier 2.8
No parser and no filepath given, using 'babel' the parser now but this will throw an error in the future. Please specify a parser or a filepath so one can be inferred.
'foo;\n'

// Prettier 3.0
UndefinedParserError: No parser and no file path given, couldn't infer a parser.

CLI

Updated failure message to be more informative (#11369 by @webark)

Updated the "Forgot to run Prettier?" to "Run Prettier with --write to fix."

This keeps the same spirit of the message, but is less likely to be misinterpreted as it's a more formal message rather than being somewhat familial.

Change --loglevel to --log-level (#13204 by @sosukesuzuki)

# Prettier 2.8
prettier test.js --loglevel=debug

# Prettier 3.0
prettier test.js --log-level=debug

Accept multiple --ignore-path (#14332 by @fisker)

You can now pass multiple --ignore-path.

prettier . --ignore-path=.prettier-ignore --ignore-path=.eslintignore

Display posix style paths on Windows (#14333 by @fisker)

Align with other tools like ESLint and Stylelint.

// Prettier 2.8
Checking formatting...
[warn] src\utils\create-get-visitor-keys.js
[warn] src\utils\unexpected-node-error.js
[warn] Code style issues found in 2 files. Forgot to run Prettier?

// Prettier 3.0
Checking formatting...
[warn] src/utils/create-get-visitor-keys.js
[warn] src/utils/unexpected-node-error.js
[warn] Code style issues found in 2 files. Forgot to run Prettier?

Prettier no longer follows symbolic links while expanding command line arguments. This avoids problems in many scenarios such as symlinks outside the source tree, symlinks to ignored files, and cycles of symlinks.

Previously, only the --write option printed a newline before the error, but other options and no options print a newline as well.

# Input
prettier ./test.js

# Prettier 2.8
test.js[error] test.js: SyntaxError: Unexpected token: ')' (1:6)
[error] > 1 | 1 (+-) hoge
[error] | ^

# Prettier 3.0
test.js
[error] test.js: SyntaxError: Unexpected token: ')' (1:6)
[error] > 1 | 1 (+-) hoge
[error] |

Clear filename before print ignored file code to screen (#14794 by @fisker)

# Input
echo test.js > .prettierignore
echo code > test.js
prettier ./test.js

# Prettier 2.8
test.jscode

# Prettier 3.0
code