How to format XML in Notepad++?

问题:

I have Notepad++ and I got some XML code which is very long. When I pasted it in Notepad++ there was a long line of code (difficult to read and work with).

I want to know if there is a simple way to make the text readable (by readable I mean properly tabbed code).

I can do it manually but I want a permanent solution to this as I have faced this several times. I am sure there is a way to do this as I have done it once before a couple of years back, maybe with Visual Studio or some other editor, I don't remember.

But can Notepad++ do it?

回答1:

Try Plugins -> XML Tools -> Pretty Print (libXML) or (XML only - with line breaks Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B)

In my experience, libXML gives nice output but only if the file is 100% correctly formed.

回答2:

You need to install the XML tool from the Plugins --> Plugin Manager --> show Plugin Manager and then check the XML tools, install it and then Ctl+Alt+Shift+B OR the option for XML Tool above shows up.

回答3:

Try TextFX --> TextFX Html Tidy --> Tidy: reindent XML

回答4:

Step 1: Install XML Tools plugin Step 2: Format ....completed 

回答5:

Plugins -> XML Tools -> Pretty Print (libXML) or Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B

You probably need to install the plugin:

Plugins > Plugins Manager > Show Plugins Manager

If you are behind a proxy, download it from here.

Then copy XMLTools.dll to the plugins directory and external libraries (four dlls) into the root Notepad++ directory.

回答6:

Here are most of plugins you can use in Notepad++ to format your XML code.

• UniversalIndentGUI
  (I recommend this one)

Enable 'text auto update' in plugin manager-> UniversalIndentGUI
Shortkey = CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+J

• TextFX
  (this is the tool that most of the users use)

Shortkey = CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+B

• XML Tools
  (customized plugin for XML)

Shortkey = CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+B

回答7:

For best results, you should use both TextFX XML tidy and XML tools pretty print. Here's how and why:

1.TextFX -> TextFX HTML Tidy -> Tidy: reindent XML 

TextFX has the benefit of wrapping long lines, which XML Tools does not do, but it doesn't indent those new lines correctly.

2. XML Tools -> Pretty print (Text indent) 

XML Tools complements TextFX by indenting the newly wrapped lines nicely.

回答8:

If you get this error:

Cannot load 32-bit plugin, XMLTools.dll is not compatible with the current version of Notepad++

Here you can find a working version for Windows 10 x64: Xml Tools 2.4.9.2 Unicode

Note: It's the only version I've found working on Windows 10 Professional x64.

回答9:

OK, here is how I did it in Notepad++:

• Plugins
• Plugin manager
• Show plugin manager
• Check XML tools
• Install
• Restart Notepad++
• Open XML file
• Plugins
• XML tools
• Pretty print (XML only -- with line breaks)

回答10:

Notepad++ v6.6.3 with plugin "XML Tools" and shortcut Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B works fine.

回答11:

There is no such a thing like TextFX in Notepad++, not in the latest version at least. This is one of the reasons I'm still with DW even if it is driving me insane being slow and unresponsive from time to time...

回答12:

You can find details here To Quickly Format XML using Pretty Print (libXML)

Installing the XML Tools

If you run Notepad++ and look in the Plugins menu, you’ll see that the XML Tools aren’t there:

1. Download the XML tools from here.

2. Unzip the file and copy the XMLTools.dll to the Notepad++ plugins folder (in the example above: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++\plugins):

3. Re-start Notepad++ and you should now see the XMLTools appear in the Plugins menu.

4. Unzip the ext_libs.zip file and then copy the unzipped DLLs to the Notepad++ installation directory (in the example above: C:\Program Files (x86)\Notepad++).

5. Re-start Notepad++ and you should finally see the proper XML Tools menu.

回答13:

"But can Notepad++ do it?"

If the XML is invalid, the answer is apparently 'no'. I tried Notepad++ with the Tidy2 and XMLTools plugins. Both give errors similar to "errors encountered, please fix". If you don't care about errors, that's a PITA.

Instead, open it in visual studio then edit -> advanced -> format document. Quick and pretty.

回答14:

If your XML is imperfect, try this with the TextFX Characters plugin (install from Plugin manager):

First, find a ">" to copy into the clipboard. Then select ALL your text, and then...

On the main menu: TextFX -> TextFX Edit -> Solit lines at clipboard char...

This will do a reasonable job, not perfect, but things will be readable, at least.

I had to do this with XML code stored in an SQL Server database, where the headers weren't stored, just the XML body...

回答15:

UniversalIndentGUI did the job for me, once configured properly as described above.

TextFX would not install and run correctly on an old PC I have running XP. There are instructions above for manual installation of various DLLs but I'd rather avoid any manual installation.

UniversalIndentGUI formatted some lines like this

        1         

and I would have preferred

        1

but the output is still much better than one long line!

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