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.
Features
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.
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.
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
<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" />
Output#1
<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" />
<Element Attribute1="Value1" Attribute2="Value2" Attribute3="Value3" />
Output#2
<Element Attribute1="Value1"
Attribute2="Value2"
Attribute3="Value3"/>
Requirements
Installation
Visual Studio Code - Visual Studio MarketPlace
For VSCodium - open-vsx.org
Known Issues
- Limited DTD support.
- Formats valid XML files only. Syntax errors are displayed.
Issues can be reported at issues section
