ws-trim.nvim

Neovim plugin for highlighting and trimming unnecessary whitespace. It integrates with conform to provide actual formatting.

Features:

• Highlights whitespace in all normal buffers, including gitcommit buffers.
• Highlights the following types of whitespace issues:
  • Trailing spaces at the end of a line.
  • Trailing blank lines at the end of the file.
  • Leading blank lines at the start of the file.
  • Excessive blank lines (3+ consecutive blank lines).
• Whitespace trimming (formatting) for specific file types:
  • Uses conform, ensuring integration with your existing formatter setup.
  • Supports running as a fallback or as a post-formatter after other configured formatters.

Installation

Installation with lazy

{
  "aanatoly/ws-trim.nvim",
  dependencies = { "stevearc/conform.nvim" },
  event = { "FileType" },
  opts = {},
}

Configuration

The default configuration is

opts = {
  -- file types to format (e.g. trim whitespace)
  -- See https://github.com/stevearc/conform.nvim#options
  -- {"_"} - file types without a specific formatter
  -- {"*"} - all file types (runs last)
  -- {"c", "sh"} - specific file types (runs last)
  -- {} - do not format, only highlight
  conform_fts = { "_" },

  -- maximum number of blank lines allowed (excess lines are removed)
  max_blank_lines = 2,

  -- highlight group for trailing white spaces
  -- see `h: nvim_set_hl` for details
  -- { link = "Error" } - link to Error hl_group
  -- { bg = "red" } - red background
  hl_group = { link = "Error" },
}

Example usage

opts = {
  max_blank_lines = 1,
  conform_fts = { "*" },
  hl_group = { bg = "yellow" },
}

Limitations

Running :noh (which clears search highlights) can disrupt the dynamic highlighting or concealment of whitespace based on cursor position. The functionality resumes only after performing a new search (e.g., /fff), which reactivates the necessary mechanisms.

In nvchad, Esc key mapped to :noh, so if you have highlight problem, try to remove that mapping:

vim.keymap.del("n", "<Esc>")

Credits

Big thanks to these awesome projects for ideas and inspiration:

• conform - Lightweight yet powerful formatter plugin for Neovim
• trim - This plugin trims trailing whitespace and lines.