Php Storm with "Strip trailing spaces on Save" set to "All" ignores line with cursor

Question

Having 2 lines with trailing spaces and cursor at the end of the 2nd one, on save action only trailing spaces from 1st line will be striped.

I mean, if I have this:

1st_line[space]
2nd_line[space][cursor]

after save action I will have

1st_line
2nd_line[space][cursor]

Is it possible to also strip the line with cursor?

(It can be a philosophical question - Is space in the 2nd line really trailing or not? Though there is cursor behind it)

*"Is it possible? to strip also line with cursor?"* -- No, it's intentional (requested by users), otherwise it will also remove indentation when cursor is on new empty line and you plan to continue typing after save operation is done. — LazyOne, Oct 29 '13 at 14:12
Why not customize this? I have a habit to save after finishing some part, not before starting next. This is not huge problem, but introduces possibility to make a mistake. — kuba, Oct 29 '13 at 14:38
The Issue Tracker where you can leave your suggestions in form of **concrete** ideas is located here: http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issues/WI . P.S. I personally do not think that such option will be introduced. — LazyOne, Oct 29 '13 at 16:10

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '13 at 19:37

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answered Oct 29 '13 at 19:37

CrazyCoder

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 11:56

Disable (uncheck) the option "Always keep trailing spaces on caret line" under Settings|Editor|General|Other|Strip trailing spaces on Save.

Taken from the issue-link @CrazyCoder provided in his answer. It is included since PHP Storm version 2016.3.2.

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