Visual Studio Code: How to show line endings

Question

AFAIK there is no way to visually see line endings in the editor space, but in the bottom-right corner of the window there is an indicator that says "CLRF" or "LF" which will let you set the line endings for a particular file. Clicking on the text will allow you to change the line endings as well.

If you want to set it to LF as default, you can paste this line in your editor settings (F1 menu; > Preferences: Open Settings (JSON))

"files.eol": "\n"

Example:

{
    "git.confirmSync": false,
    "window.zoomLevel": -1,
    "workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
    "editor.wordWrap": true,
    "workbench.iconTheme": "vscode-icons",
    "window.menuBarVisibility": "default",
    "vsicons.projectDetection.autoReload": true,
    "files.eol": "\n"
}

Please note that this will change the default line ending for new files only. This will not edit your files.

Render Line Endings is a Visual Studio Code extension that is still actively maintained (as of September 2021):

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=medo64.render-crlf

https://github.com/medo64/render-crlf/

It can be configured like this:

{
    "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
    "code-eol.newlineCharacter": "¬",
    "code-eol.returnCharacter" : "¤",
    "code-eol.crlfCharacter"   : "¤¬",
}

and looks like this:

You can install an extension to show line endings.

There are several available at the VS Marketplace.

Or if their search moves, try this relevant Google search

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In the original answer, I had provided a link to a specific extension by Johnny Härtell After two years, this extension and the author are mysteriously missing from the VS Marketplace.

To provide a better experience and hopefully future proof this answer, I've updated it with search results that should keep us pretty close to a relevant extension.

Another way to set the default end of line value in Visual Studio Code:

1. Navigate to the Visual Studio Code settings tab (e.g., by Ctrl + , (comma))
2. Search for end of line in the search bar
3. Set the desired value in the Files: Eol dropdown menu

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