@timothykang That’s not better, is it? `{" "}` – obviously a space. ` ` – could be anything. Both have the same length. @timothykang That’s not better, is it? `{" "}` – obviously a space. ` ` – could be anything. Both have the same length.

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JSX {" "} spaces

Freshover 4 years ago

Mar 14, 20260 views

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Problem

Is there any way at all to stop Prettier adding these horribly ugly spaces? Perhaps just _not_ format strings like this if it needs to add spaces like this. Prettier 1.11.1 Playground link Input: [code block] Output: [code block]

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Solution: JSX {" "} spaces

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@timothykang That’s not better, is it? `{" "}` – obviously a space. ` ` – could be anything. Both have the same length.

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@timothykang That’s not better, is it? `{" "}` – obviously a space. ` ` – co
@timothykang That’s not better, is it? `{" "}` – obviously a space. ` ` – could be anything. Both have the same length.

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Resolved in prettier/prettier GitHub issue #4223. Community reactions: 23 upvotes.

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Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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