Pretty XML

What is it?

Features
1. Prettify XML (XML Formatting)
2. Pretty XML: Minimize

Keyboard Shortcuts

Settings

Requirements

Installation

Known Issues

Change Log

For more information

What is it?

Pretty XML is a XML formatter extension for Visual Studio Code and VSCodium. It formats XML documents just like Visual Studio on Windows.

Supported file extensions:

• xml
• xaml
• axml
• xsd
• xsl
• plist
• mobileconfig
• config
• csproj
• svg
• resx and all other XML type of files.

There is also Visual Studio for Mac version of this extension. Check it out at PrettyXML.VSMac

Suggestions, improvement PRs are welcome.

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Features

1. Prettify XML (XML Formatting)

Right Click and Select Prettify XML or use shortcut

• Position each attribute on a separate line.
• First attribute on same line as start element start tag.
• All attributes indented aligning with first attribute.
• If no child for an element then close inline end tag.
• No empty lines.
• Supports ' and whitespace unicodes in attribute value for XAML parser compatibility.

Before

After

2. Pretty XML: Minimize

Minimizes XML.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Command	Platform	Shortcut
Prettify XML	Mac	Cmd+K L
Prettify XML	Windows, Linux	Control+K L
PrettyXML: Minimize	Mac	Cmd+K `
PrettyXML: Minimize	Windows, Linux	Control+K `

Note

You can change these in Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts if you want.

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Settings

These will be for Prettify XML command.

Setting Key	Default Value	Description
prettyxml.settings.indentSpaceLength	4	No. of spaces for indentation.
prettyxml.settings.useSingleQuotes	false	Use ' instead of "
prettyxml.settings.useSelfClosingTag	true	If no child nodes then self closing tag />
prettyxml.settings.formatOnSave	false	Enable format on save
prettyxml.settings.allowSingleQuoteInAttributeValue	true	Allows ' in attribute values instead of '
prettyxml.settings.addSpaceBeforeSelfClosingTag	true	Adds space before self closing tag
prettyxml.settings.wrapCommentTextWithSpaces	true	Wraps comment text with a single space
prettyxml.settings.allowWhiteSpaceUnicodesInAttributeValues	true	Allows white space unicodes in attribute values
prettyxml.settings.positionFirstAttributeOnSameLine	true	Position first attribute on same line.
prettyxml.settings.positionAllAttributesOnFirstLine	false	Position all attributes on first line
prettyxml.settings.preserveWhiteSpacesInComment	false	Preserves whitespaces in a comment.
prettyxml.settings.addSpaceBeforeEndOfXmlDeclaration	false	Add space before end of XML declaration.
prettyxml.settings.attributesInNewlineThreshold	1	Attributes count threshold to position attributes in newlines.
prettyxml.settings.enableLogs	false	Enables logs

Attributes In Newline Threshold

Example:

Value = 2

Input#1

<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" />

Output#1

<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" />

Input#2

<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" Attribute3="Value3" />

Output#2

<Element Attribute1="Value1"
         Attribute2="Value2"
         Attribute3="Value3"/>

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Requirements

• DotNet 8 or later installed on your machine and should be accessible through terminal.
• Install Muhammad-Sammy C# or Microsoft C# extension.
• Visual Studio Code/VSCodium 1.59 or higher.

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Installation

Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio MarketPlace

For VSCodium - open-vsx.org

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Known Issues

• Limited DTD support.
• Formats valid XML files only. Syntax errors are displayed.

Issues can be reported at issues section

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For more information

• Source Code
• If you want to support this project,