How do I set up VSCode to put curly braces on a new line?

Follow the steps below to make Visual Studio Code format opening curly braces on a new line for Java Script and Type Script.

In Visual Studio Code (v1.20.0)

  1. Go to File\Preferences\Settings
  2. Add the following lines in ‘User Settings‘ (in the right side pane)

    "javascript.format.placeOpenBraceOnNewLineForControlBlocks": true, 
    "javascript.format.placeOpenBraceOnNewLineForFunctions": true,
    
    "typescript.format.placeOpenBraceOnNewLineForControlBlocks": true,
    "typescript.format.placeOpenBraceOnNewLineForFunctions": true,
    
  3. Save ‘User Settings‘ and you are done!

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