Showing posts with label Visual Studio XML align attributes formatting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Visual Studio XML align attributes formatting. Show all posts

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Visual Studio auto formatting of XML attributes

Visual Studio 2010 > Tools > Options > Text Editor > XML > Formatting > Attributes > Select 'Align attributes each on a separate line'.

After this is selected it will be possible to use the visual studio chord sequence: 'ctrl k' + 'ctrl d'.

This will auto format the attributes in an XML file so that each attribute has a new line. I find XML files easier to read when formatted like this. It is also easier to visually compare 2 XML files that have this formatting. (e.g. using ExamDiff)