The opposite of pretty print: remove all indentation and line breaks for a compact, single-line output. Useful for reducing file size or preparing data for transmission.
You don’t need a bloated, expensive XML editor. With Notepad++ and the XML Tools plugin, you get 90% of the functionality for free, in an editor you already love. It’s fast, reliable, and turns a simple text editor into a serious XML workbench.
Final verdict: If you touch XML files more than once a week, install XML Tools today. Your eyes (and your team) will thank you.
Formatting (Pretty Print)
Compact / Compress XML
Check well-formedness
Validate against XSD
Run XPath
Apply XSLT
Encoding/UTF handling
| Feature | XML Tools | UniversalIndentGUI | JSMinNPP | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | XML Validation | Yes (Native) | No | No | | XPath Query | Yes | No | No | | Tag Auto-Close | No (but syntax highlight works) | No | No | | Multi-language | XML only | Many (JSON, CSS, PHP) | JSON/JS only | | Best for | XML purists, Web services | General formatting | JavaScript developers |
Verdict: For strict .xml, .xslt, .wsdl, or .svg files, XML Tools is unbeatable.