SlickEdit User Guide

XML and HTML
Features for XML and HTML are described below. See also XML/HTML Formatting.
XML
XML AND HTML
XML features in SlickEdit® include Context Tagging®, validation, well-formedness checking, a beautifier,
Color Coding, URL Mapping, Syntax Expansion, and Syntax Indenting for XML, XSLT, and schemas (DTD
or XSD).
For information about working with Ant XML files for Java, see Build Methods for Ant and NAnt.
XML Toolbar
The XML toolbar is available for quickly accessing common XML operations. To display the XML toolbar,
from the main menu, click View > Toolbars > XML. By default, three buttons are available:
• Beautify selection or entire buffer - Use this button to instantly beautify the current file according
to the Beautifier settings. See XML Beautifier for more information.
• Validate XML document - Use this button to validate an XML file against a DTD or schema. The
results of the validation are displayed in the Output tool window. If there are errors during
validation, you can double-click on the error line and the appropriate file will be opened and moved
to the specified line.
• Check for Well-Formedness - Use this button to check if the document is well-formed according
to XML syntax rules.
XML Formatting Options
Content in XML and HTML files may be set to automatically wrap and format as you edit, through the XML/
HTML Formatting feature. See XML/HTML Formatting for complete information.
Other miscellaneous tag and attribute options are provided through the XML Formatting Options screen.
To access these options, from the main menu, click Tools > Options > Languages, expand XML/Text
Languages > XML, then click XML Formatting Options.
TIP You can also display the XML Formatting Options screen by clicking the XML Options button on
the XML/HTML Formatting Scheme Configuration dialog (see XML/HTML Formatting Scheme
Configuration Dialog).
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