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'var' declared not at the beginning of a function

Checks that declarations of local variables declared with var are at the top of a function scope.

By default, variable declarations are always moved ("hoisted") invisibly to the top of their containing scope when the code is executed. Therefore, declaring them at the top of the scope helps represent this behavior in the code.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

JSDeclarationsAtScopeStart
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | JavaScript and TypeScript | Code style issues

Inspection ID: JSDeclarationsAtScopeStart

Inspection options

Here you can find the description of settings available for the 'var' declared not at the beginning of a function inspection, and the reference of their default values.

Make single var statement

Option ID:

myMakeSingleVarStatement

Default value:

Not selected

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection JSDeclarationsAtScopeStart

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Last modified: 18 September 2025