Questions tagged [xml-editor]
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How can I change the font of layout (XML) editor in Eclipse?
I know how to change the font of "Java editor" in Eclipse in menu Windows → Preferences → Appearance → Colors and Fonts, but I could not find an option for changing the font of "layout editor" for files like myLayout.xml or strings.xml.
Where is it?

Bob
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Does anyone know of a good MAML editor
At work we use Sandcastle for creation of help files. I have been using SandCastleGUI for some time and I'm looking for a way to create additional pages in the help file.
These pages are written in XML format called MAML.
The only problem is that…

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How to show a list of spelling suggestions in the default Eclipse XML Editor?
I have the default Eclipse spell checker enabled. When a spelling error is detected while I'm working in the Java editor, I can use Ctrl-1 to show a list of suggested spelling corrections.
However, when I'm working in the default XML editor, Ctrl-1…

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Sort Android strings.xml in Alphabetical Order
While programming my Android app I just kept inserting elements in strings.xml with no order whatsoever. Is there a shortcut key (like Ctrl+Shift+F can organize android: attributes in an XML layout file) that sorts string elements alphabetically?

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Best Open Source WSDL/XML Editor for Java
Which is considered as the best free WSDL visual editor? I am working in java if it makes a difference.

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XML editor with intellisense/autocomplete based on XML Schema
I'm looking for an XML editor that can provide auto completion and validation based on an XML schema. The target platform is Linux, with Win/OSX support desirable but optional.
From this question I'm aware that this is supported in Visual Studio.…

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An XML viewer/editor that provides XPath for nodes
I am an XSLT designer, and I find it hard to type XPath expressions of nodes manually. Is there any XML editor or viewer which can give me XPath expressions that I can copy-paste? I want to put them in XSL files.

Rookie Programmer Aravind
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Eclipse XML formatter adds whitspace inside elements
Eclipse's XML formatter does something rather annoying.
It turns this:
2009-10-20 00:00:00.000
Into
2009-10-20 00:00:00.000
Quite harmless typically except with, for example, Apache CXF who will now…

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Free lightweight XML text editor to include with an application
Our application uses a XML configuation file. I thought that it would be nice to distribute some XML editor with our application, so that the user can conveniently edit the config file. Features should be:
Small and lightweight (ideally, a small…

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Open Source Xml Editor
I need to write a XML-based markup language. I'd like to provide an open source IDE for it, but I don't want to write it from scratch. So, I'm looking for an open source XML editor, written in C#, with WinForms or WPF UI, which I'll can extend it…

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Auto format of XML file on save in Eclipse
Is there a way to automatically configure eclipse to do the formatting for XML file on save of XML files within eclipse?.
I understand that for Java Editor, I can see that there are options available to let the formatting happen automatically on…

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Changing default XML editor in Eclipse
Eclipse hangs when working with XML's ..
the default editor is too slow and gives lot problem
I read, it works fine if we change the editor so how to remove existing editor ??

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Where is the XML Editor source code
I am using the Eclipse which version as following:
Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.
Version: Indigo Service Release 1
Build id: 20110916-0149
It includes an XML Editor plugin, my question is: Where is the source code…

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When does Eclipse xml editor show element documentation if you hoover over it
How is it with xml editor and documents that have xsd available ? I remember pop-up documentation when I was hoovering over the elements, but I haven't seen it for past months...
I'm using Eclipse indigo Java dev edition. XML Editors & tools…

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How to install xsd via VSIX installer?
Visual Studio uses xsd files to provide intellisense for xml files that matches the namespace. I have created custom xml schema and I want to apply that schema when user is editing that type of document containing my namespace. I can manually keep…

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