XML Tools Pretty Print changes empty tag

jpliew

Hi,

Maybe someone can help me please.

When using XML Tools -> Pretty Print (XML Only - with line breaks), XML elements with empty content will have the tags removed and changed.

<note><test></test><to>Tove</to><from>Jani</from><heading>Reminder</heading><body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body></note>

<note>
	<test/>
	<to>Tove</to>
	<from>Jani</from>
	<heading>Reminder</heading>
	<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

The <test> tag has been removed and <test/> added. I understand that <test/> is a valid way to show empty element.

Is there a way to prevent it from changing the XML ? The result that I hope to see is

<note>
	<test></test>
	<to>Tove</to>
	<from>Jani</from>
	<heading>Reminder</heading>
	<body>Don't forget me this weekend!</body>
</note>

Thanks

Iris Panabaker

I would love to suggest https://jsonformatter.org/xml-pretty-print tools for pretty print XML :)

jdhertog

solution:
install/upgrade to the latest version of XML Tools (in my case 3.1.1.9) and set “Auto-close tags” to false in the Options form.