Tools to format XML in Visual Studio 2010

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abhi picture abhi · Sep 17, 2010 · Viewed 9.6k times · Source

Is there an XML formatter available as an add-in for Visual Studio 2010? I am currently using Notepad++ and using the XML Tools plug-in to get the formatting sorted.

Is there an add-in for VS2010, which will do something similar?

Answer

Dirk Vollmar picture Dirk Vollmar · Sep 17, 2010

Simply press Ctrl+E,D or use the following command from the menu:

Edit -> Advanced -> Format Document

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