I've been trying to disable auto-formatting on save for vs code and have had no luck. I have just started using it and use no extensions.
I've tried adding the setting:
"editor.formatOnSave": false
To no avail.
It continues to take my perfectly formatted css and strip all the whitespace and stick it on one line.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I just want it to save the file as I have written it.
This sounds like your css is being minified when you save the file. As a formatter would not place all the css on one line.
Are you using a build process? eg: gulp, grunt, sass, less, etc..