Prettier 3.1: New experimental ternaries formatting and Angular control flow syntax!

November 13, 2023 · 12 min read

This release adds indentation back to nested ternaries along with a new --experimental-ternaries flag to try a more novel "curious ternary" format that scales better to deeply nested conditionals. We are keen for your feedback on the experimental format before it rolls out as the default behavior later this year!

We have also added support for the control flow syntax in Angular v17. For details on the syntax, please read the official Angular release post.

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Highlights

JavaScript

Add indentation back to nested ternaries (#9559 by @rattrayalex)

// Input
const message =
  i % 3 === 0 && i % 5 === 0
    ? "fizzbuzz"
  : i % 3 === 0
    ? "fizz"
  : i % 5 === 0
    ? "buzz"
    : String(i);


// Prettier 3.0
const message =
  i % 3 === 0 && i % 5 === 0
    ? "fizzbuzz"
    : i % 3 === 0
    ? "fizz"
    : i % 5 === 0
    ? "buzz"
    : String(i);

// Prettier 3.1
const message =
  i % 3 === 0 && i % 5 === 0
    ? "fizzbuzz"
    : i % 3 === 0
      ? "fizz"
      : i % 5 === 0
        ? "buzz"
        : String(i);

New Experimental Ternary Formatting: A Curious Case of the Ternaries (#13183 by @rattrayalex)

This is implemented behind a --experimental-ternaries flag.

We move the ? in multiline ternaries to the end of the first line instead of the start of the second, along with several related changes.

While it might look weird at first, beta-testing shows that after a few hours of use, developers find it makes nested ternaries much more readable and useful.

This PR resolves one of our a highly-upvoted issue without the problems its proposed solution would reintroduce.

Please see A curious case of the ternaries for more details.

Example

// "Questioning" ternaries for simple ternaries:
const content =
  children && !isEmptyChildren(children) ?
    render(children)
  : renderDefaultChildren();

// "Case-style" ternaries for chained ternaries:
const message =
  i % 3 === 0 && i % 5 === 0 ? "fizzbuzz"
  : i % 3 === 0 ? "fizz"
  : i % 5 === 0 ? "buzz"
  : String(i);

// Smoothly transitions between "case-style" and "questioning" when things get complicated:
const reactRouterResult =
  children && !isEmptyChildren(children) ? children
  : props.match ?
    component ? React.createElement(component, props)
    : render ? render(props)
    : null
  : null

Support new syntaxes supported by Babel 7.23.0 (#15485, #15486, #15487, #15488 by @sosukesuzuki)

We support new JS syntax supported by Babel 7.23.0!

Source Phase Imports

Please see https://github.com/tc39/proposal-source-phase-imports for more details.

import source x from "mod";

Deferred Import Evaluation

Please see https://github.com/tc39/proposal-defer-import-eval for more details.

import defer * as ns from "mod";

Optional Chaining Assignments

Please see https://github.com/tc39/proposal-optional-chaining-assignment for more details.

maybeObj?.prop1 = value;

Angular

Support Angular control flow (#15606 by @DingWeizhe, @fisker)

Added support for built-in control flow in Angular 17. Please give us feedback if you find any bugs.

For more details about control flow, please check this article on the official blog.

https://blog.angular.io/introducing-angular-v17-4d7033312e4b

Other Changes

JavaScript

Fix comment between parentheses and function body (#15326 by @fisker)

// Input
function function_declaration()
// this is a function
{
  return 42
}

(function function_expression()
// this is a function
{
  return 42
})();

// Prettier 3.0
function function_declaration() {
  // this is a function
  return 42;
}

(function function_expression() // this is a function
{
  return 42;
})();

// Prettier 3.1
function function_declaration() {
  // this is a function
  return 42;
}

(function function_expression() {
  // this is a function
  return 42;
})();

// Input
function function_declaration()
// this is a function
{
  return 42
}

export default function()
// this is a function
{
  return 42
}

// Prettier 3.0
TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'range')

// Prettier 3.1
function function_declaration() {
  // this is a function
  return 42;
}

export default function () {
  // this is a function
  return 42;
}

Disambiguate unary expressions on left hand side of instanceof and in (#15468 by @lucacasonato)

Parentheses are now added around unary expression on the left hand side of instanceof and in expressions, to disambiguate the unary on the left hand side with a unary applying to the entire binary expression.

This helps catch a common mistake where a user intends to write !("x" in y) but instead writes !"x" in y, which is really parsed as the nonsensical (!"x") in y.

// Input
!"x" in y;
!("x" in y);

// Prettier 3.0
!"x" in y;
!("x" in y);

// Prettier 3.1
(!"x") in y;
!("x" in y);

Fix name case of selectors in styled components interpolation (#15472 by @lucasols)

// Input
const StyledComponent = styled.div`
  margin-right: -4px;

  ${Container}.isExpanded & {
    transform: rotate(-180deg);
  }
`;

const StyledComponent2 = styled.div`
  margin-right: -4px;

  ${abc}.camelCase + ${def}.camelCase & {
    transform: rotate(-180deg);
  }
`;

// Prettier 3.0
const StyledComponent = styled.div`
  margin-right: -4px;

  ${Container}.isexpanded & {
    transform: rotate(-180deg);
  }
`;

const StyledComponent2 = styled.div`
  margin-right: -4px;

  ${abc}.camelcase + ${def}.camelCase & {
    transform: rotate(-180deg);
  }
`;

// Prettier 3.1 -- same as input

Consistently format strings containing escapes (#15525 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_1 =
  goog.getMsg("That's all we know");

export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_2 =
  goog.getMsg("That\'s all we know");

// Prettier 3.0
export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_1 =
  goog.getMsg("That's all we know");

export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_2 = goog.getMsg(
  "That's all we know",
);

// Prettier 3.1
export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_1 =
  goog.getMsg("That's all we know");

export const MSG_GENERIC_OPERATION_FAILURE_BODY_2 =
  goog.getMsg("That's all we know");

Improve formatting for assignment its left can break (#15547 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
params["redirectTo"] =
  `${window.location.pathname}${window.location.search}${window.location.hash}`;

// Prettier 3.0
params[
  "redirectTo"
] = `${window.location.pathname}${window.location.search}${window.location.hash}`;

// Prettier 3.1
params["redirectTo"] =
  `${window.location.pathname}${window.location.search}${window.location.hash}`;

TypeScript

Fix unstable comment after the last parameter property (#15324 by @fisker)

// Input
class Class {
  constructor(
      private readonly paramProp: Type,
    // comment
  ) {
  }
}

// Prettier 3.0
class Class {
  constructor(private readonly paramProp: Type) // comment
  {}
}

// Prettier 3.0 (Second format)
class Class {
  constructor(
    private readonly paramProp: Type, // comment
  ) {}
}

// Prettier 3.1
class Class {
  constructor(
    private readonly paramProp: Type,
    // comment
  ) {}
}

Support embedded formatting in template literals annotated with `as const` (#15408 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
const GQL_QUERY_WITH_CONST = /* GraphQL */ `
  query S { shop }
` as const;

// Prettier 3.0
const GQL_QUERY_WITH_CONST = /* GraphQL */ `
  query S { shop }
` as const;

// Prettier 3.1
const GQL_QUERY_WITH_CONST = /* GraphQL */ `
  query S {
    shop
  }
` as const;

Fix printing comment for the last operand of union types (#15409 by @sosukesuzuki)

// Input
type Foo1 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2" // Comment2
)[]; // Final comment1
type Foo2 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2" // Comment2
) & Bar; // Final comment2

// Prettier 3.0
type Foo1 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2"
)[]; // Comment2 // Final comment1
type Foo2 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2"
) & // Comment2
  Bar; // Final comment2

// Prettier 3.1
type Foo1 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2" // Comment2
)[]; // Final comment1
type Foo2 = (
  | "thing1" // Comment1
  | "thing2" // Comment2
) &
  Bar; // Final comment2

Keep required parenthesis around some specific keyword like identifiers in expression statement of satisfies / as expression (#15514 by @seiyab)

// Input
(type) satisfies never;


// Prettier 3.0
type satisfies never;


// Prettier 3.1
(type) satisfies never;

Flow

Support `as` and `satisfies` expressions for Flow (#15130 by @gkz)

// Input
const x = y as T;

// Prettier 3.0
// <error: unsupported>

// Prettier 3.1
const x = y as T;

Support type arguments on jsx opening elements for Flow (#15429 by @SamChou19815)

// Input
<Foo<bar> />;

// Prettier 3.0
<Foo />;

// Prettier 3.1
<Foo<bar> />;

Support type arguments after `typeof` (#15466 by @sosukesuzuki)

Supports type arguments after typeof syntax supported since Flow v0.127.0:

type Foo = typeof MyGenericClass<string, number>;

SCSS

Do not split call of scss function with leading dash (#15370 by @auvred)

/* Input */
div {
  width: -double(-double(3));
}

/* Prettier 3.0 */
div {
  width: -double(- double(3));
}

/* Prettier 3.1 */
div {
  width: -double(-double(3));
}

HTML

Fix formatting of `menu` and `marquee` elements (#15334 by @fisker)

<!-- Input -->
<menu><li><button onclick="copy()">Copy</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="cut()">Cut</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="paste()">Paste</button></li></menu>
<marquee
  direction="down"
  width="250"
  height="200"
  behavior="alternate"
  style="border:solid"><marquee behavior="alternate"> This text will bounce </marquee></marquee>

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
<menu
  ><li><button onclick="copy()">Copy</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="cut()">Cut</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="paste()">Paste</button></li></menu
>
<marquee
  direction="down"
  width="250"
  height="200"
  behavior="alternate"
  style="border: solid"
  ><marquee behavior="alternate"> This text will bounce </marquee></marquee
>

<!-- Prettier 3.1 -->
<menu>
  <li><button onclick="copy()">Copy</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="cut()">Cut</button></li>
  <li><button onclick="paste()">Paste</button></li>
</menu>
<marquee
  direction="down"
  width="250"
  height="200"
  behavior="alternate"
  style="border: solid"
>
  <marquee behavior="alternate">This text will bounce</marquee>
</marquee>

Markdown

Encoding `<` and `>` in markdown urls (#15400 by @vivekjoshi556)

<!-- Input -->
[link](https://www.google.fr/()foo->bar)

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
[link](<https://www.google.fr/()foo->bar>)

<!-- Prettier 3.1 -->
[link](<https://www.google.fr/()foo-%3Ebar>)

<!-- Input -->
![link](<https://www.google.fr/()foo->bar>)

<!-- Prettier 3.0 -->
![link](<https://www.google.fr/()foo->bar>)

<!-- Prettier 3.1 -->
![link](<https://www.google.fr/()foo-%3Ebar>)

Don't split lines between Japanese kana & COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA (SEMI-)VOICED SOUND MARK (#15411 by @tats-u)

This PR fixes #15410.

Japanese (semi-)voiced kana characters can be split into two code points. For example, the following hiragana character /ka/ can be represented as:

が (U+304C) → か (U+304B) + ゙ (U+3099) → が (U+304C U+3099)

Most users do not use or meet expressions like this except for file paths in macOS. However, there are some characters that can only be represented in this way. Some Japanese text that have to tell /ŋa̠/ (there are not a few Japanese that do not use it these days though) from the common /ga/ use a expression "か゚" (U+304B U+309A).

nasalか゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚

The above Markdown is formatted as in Prettier 3.0:

nasalか゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け
゚こ゚

The semi-voiced sound mark goes to the next line but it is not correct. By this PR, the source Markdown is now formatted as:

nasalか゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚け゚こ゚か゚き゚く゚
け゚こ゚

The semi-voiced sound mark now keeps attached to the hiragana "け".

API

Accept `URL` in `prettier.{resolveConfig,resolveConfigFile,getFileInfo}()` (#15332, #15354, #15360, #15364 by @fisker)

prettier.resolveConfig(), prettier.resolveConfigFile(), and prettier.getFileInfo() now accepts an URL with file: protocol or a url string starts with file://.

// `URL`
await prettier.resolveConfig(new URL("./path/to/file", import.meta.url));
await prettier.resolveConfigFile(new URL("./path/to/file", import.meta.url));
await prettier.getFileInfo(new URL("./path/to/file", import.meta.url));
await prettier.getFileInfo("/path/to/file", {
  ignorePath: new URL("./.eslintignore", import.meta.url),
});

// URL string
await prettier.resolveConfig("file:///path/to/file");
await prettier.resolveConfigFile("file:///path/to/file");
await prettier.getFileInfo("file:///path/to/file");
await prettier.getFileInfo("/path/to/file", {
  ignorePath: "file:///path/to/.eslintignore",
});

CLI

Process files only supported by plugins (#15433 by @sosukesuzuki)

In Prettier 3.0, when specifying a directory from the CLI, only files with default supported extensions were processed.

In the following scenario, not just foo.js but also foo.astro should be formatted:

# Prettier 3.0 version

$ ls .
foo.js foo.astro

$ cat .prettierrc
{ "plugins": ["prettier-plugin-astro"] }

$ prettier --write .
foo.js 20ms

With this update, both foo.js and foo.astro will now be formatted:

# Prettier 3.1 branch

$ prettier --write .
foo.js 20ms
foo.astro 32ms

You can replace prettier "**/*" --ignore-unknown with prettier . since they are equivalent now.

Show `(unchanged)` keyword for accessibility in CLI `--write` (#15467 by @ADTC)

Previously, the only distinction between a changed file and an unchanged file was the grey color of the file name. In the example below, we can't distinguish between a.js and b.js as the color is missing. This issue is fixed by adding the (unchanged) keyword which makes the distinction accessible without color.

prettier --write .

# Prettier 3.0
a.js 0ms
b.js 0ms
c.js 0ms (cached)

# Prettier 3.1
a.js 0ms
b.js 0ms (unchanged)
c.js 0ms (unchanged) (cached)

Fix error when formatting file names contains special characters (#15597 by @fisker)

prettier "[with-square-brackets].js" --list

# Prettier 3.0
[error] Explicitly specified file was ignored due to negative glob patterns: "[with-square-brackets].js".

# Prettier 3.1
[with-square-brackets].js

Highlights​

JavaScript​

Add indentation back to nested ternaries (#9559 by @rattrayalex)​

New Experimental Ternary Formatting: A Curious Case of the Ternaries (#13183 by @rattrayalex)​

Example​

Support new syntaxes supported by Babel 7.23.0 (#15485, #15486, #15487, #15488 by @sosukesuzuki)​

Source Phase Imports​

Deferred Import Evaluation​

Optional Chaining Assignments​

Angular​

Support Angular control flow (#15606 by @DingWeizhe, @fisker)​

Other Changes​

JavaScript​

Fix comment between parentheses and function body (#15326 by @fisker)​

Disambiguate unary expressions on left hand side of instanceof and in (#15468 by @lucacasonato)​

Fix name case of selectors in styled components interpolation (#15472 by @lucasols)​

Consistently format strings containing escapes (#15525 by @sosukesuzuki)​

Improve formatting for assignment its left can break (#15547 by @sosukesuzuki)​

TypeScript​

Fix unstable comment after the last parameter property (#15324 by @fisker)​

Support embedded formatting in template literals annotated with as const (#15408 by @sosukesuzuki)​

Fix printing comment for the last operand of union types (#15409 by @sosukesuzuki)​

Keep required parenthesis around some specific keyword like identifiers in expression statement of satisfies / as expression (#15514 by @seiyab)​

Flow​

Support as and satisfies expressions for Flow (#15130 by @gkz)​

Support type arguments on jsx opening elements for Flow (#15429 by @SamChou19815)​

Support type arguments after typeof (#15466 by @sosukesuzuki)​

SCSS​

Do not split call of scss function with leading dash (#15370 by @auvred)​

HTML​

Fix formatting of menu and marquee elements (#15334 by @fisker)​

Markdown​

Encoding < and > in markdown urls (#15400 by @vivekjoshi556)​

Don't split lines between Japanese kana & COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA (SEMI-)VOICED SOUND MARK (#15411 by @tats-u)​

API​

Accept URL in prettier.{resolveConfig,resolveConfigFile,getFileInfo}() (#15332, #15354, #15360, #15364 by @fisker)​

CLI​

Process files only supported by plugins (#15433 by @sosukesuzuki)​

Show (unchanged) keyword for accessibility in CLI --write (#15467 by @ADTC)​

Fix error when formatting file names contains special characters (#15597 by @fisker)​

Highlights

JavaScript

Add indentation back to nested ternaries (#9559 by @rattrayalex)

New Experimental Ternary Formatting: A Curious Case of the Ternaries (#13183 by @rattrayalex)

Example

Support new syntaxes supported by Babel 7.23.0 (#15485, #15486, #15487, #15488 by @sosukesuzuki)

Source Phase Imports

Deferred Import Evaluation

Optional Chaining Assignments

Angular

Support Angular control flow (#15606 by @DingWeizhe, @fisker)

Other Changes

JavaScript

Fix comment between parentheses and function body (#15326 by @fisker)

Disambiguate unary expressions on left hand side of instanceof and in (#15468 by @lucacasonato)

Fix name case of selectors in styled components interpolation (#15472 by @lucasols)

Consistently format strings containing escapes (#15525 by @sosukesuzuki)

Improve formatting for assignment its left can break (#15547 by @sosukesuzuki)

TypeScript

Fix unstable comment after the last parameter property (#15324 by @fisker)

Support embedded formatting in template literals annotated with `as const` (#15408 by @sosukesuzuki)

Fix printing comment for the last operand of union types (#15409 by @sosukesuzuki)

Keep required parenthesis around some specific keyword like identifiers in expression statement of satisfies / as expression (#15514 by @seiyab)

Flow

Support `as` and `satisfies` expressions for Flow (#15130 by @gkz)

Support type arguments on jsx opening elements for Flow (#15429 by @SamChou19815)

Support type arguments after `typeof` (#15466 by @sosukesuzuki)

SCSS

Do not split call of scss function with leading dash (#15370 by @auvred)

HTML

Fix formatting of `menu` and `marquee` elements (#15334 by @fisker)

Markdown

Encoding `<` and `>` in markdown urls (#15400 by @vivekjoshi556)

Don't split lines between Japanese kana & COMBINING KATAKANA-HIRAGANA (SEMI-)VOICED SOUND MARK (#15411 by @tats-u)

API

Accept `URL` in `prettier.{resolveConfig,resolveConfigFile,getFileInfo}()` (#15332, #15354, #15360, #15364 by @fisker)

CLI

Process files only supported by plugins (#15433 by @sosukesuzuki)

Show `(unchanged)` keyword for accessibility in CLI `--write` (#15467 by @ADTC)

Fix error when formatting file names contains special characters (#15597 by @fisker)