XML some... Highlight

PeterJones

Your start and end tags need to match (your example did not match).
```
  <someTag>
      blah
      blah
  **</someTag>
```
Your cursor needs to be inside the tag, not after the >
Settings > Preferences > Highlighting > Highlight Matching Tags > ☑ Enable must be enabled.

If my cursor is anywhere between either of the <> pairs, it will highlight both the <someTag> and the </someTag>.

오바마

thank for Reply

yes, I have checked what you said (actually, they are there and done)
no, I do not have what I wanted.

the first post have changed under not my control - it just sucks.
here is the correct XML contents of mine (of course, some of them)

<SettingsGroup Id=““QAVerificationSettings””>
<Setting Id=““RegExRules””>True</Setting>
<Setting Id=““RegExRules0"”>
<RegExRule xmlns:i=”“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”" xmlns=““http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Sdl.Verification.QAChecker.RegEx””><Description>000000000</Description><IgnoreCase>false</IgnoreCase><RegExSource></RegExSource><RegExTarget>[0-9]{1,}\s%</RegExTarget><RuleCondition>TargetOnly</RuleCondition></RegExRule></Setting>
<Setting Id=““RegExRules1"”>
<RegExRule xmlns:i=”“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance”" xmlns=““http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Sdl.Verification.QAChecker.RegEx””><Description>111111111</Description><IgnoreCase>false</IgnoreCase><RegExSource></RegExSource><RegExTarget>[0-9]{1,}\s%</RegExTarget><RuleCondition>TargetOnly</RuleCondition></RegExRule></Setting>
<Setting Id=““CheckTradeMarksSeverity””>1</Setting>
</SettingsGroup>

thank

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@PeterJones

nice
yes
that’s what I wanted

unfortunately, I still have in trouble

Eko palypse

@오바마

make sure that you have enabled highlight matching tags under
settings->preferences->highlighting

Eko

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@Eko-palypse

thanks comment !

yes, like I wrote earlier

under “Highlight Matching Tags”

checked “Enable”
checked “Highlight tag attributes”
checked “Highlight comment/php/asp zone”

Eko palypse

Sorry for confusion but I haven’t seen that this was already mentioned.
In fact, when I answered I didn’t see any answer at all. Strange.

@오바마
Could it be that the xml file is somehow corrupted?
What if you just copy and paste your example into a new document
and set the xml language? Does it work?

Eko

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@Eko-palypse

thank reply

yes

now I am in the middle of studying
so
I copied just some couple of lines (paired nicely for sure)
from there into New Notepad++ instances (so no files, just made sure it is xml format using “Language>XML” checked)

Does it make problem here ?

Eko palypse

@오바마

that’s where the xml tools plugin might be useful.
It has a function validate xml which would point you to the place
where it discovered the issue. Might be not 100% accurate but
should give enough info to identify the problematic area.

Eko

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@Eko-palypse

plugIn ? what is that ?
do I have to use it ?
I will use it, If I have to.

BUT
I remember that I (Notepad++) made nicely highlighted paired element when I put my caret there.

Thanks.

PeterJones

You might want to try to simplify. Take my example document

<someTag>
    blah
    blah
</someTag>

Paste it into a new Notepad++ file. With language at default / plain text (Language > Normal Text), it does not show matches for me. If I change the language to XML or HTML, then it does show matches.

The same thing happened when I used your snippet:

<SettingsGroup Id="“QAVerificationSettings”">
<Setting Id="“RegExRules”">True</Setting>
<Setting Id="“RegExRules0"”>
<RegExRule xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance“” xmlns=""http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Sdl.Verification.QAChecker.RegEx“”><Description>000000000</Description><IgnoreCase>false</IgnoreCase><RegExSource></RegExSource><RegExTarget>[0-9]{1,}\s%</RegExTarget><RuleCondition>TargetOnly</RuleCondition></RegExRule></Setting>
<Setting Id="“RegExRules1"”>
<RegExRule xmlns:i=""http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance“” xmlns=""http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Sdl.Verification.QAChecker.RegEx“”><Description>111111111</Description><IgnoreCase>false</IgnoreCase><RegExSource></RegExSource><RegExTarget>[0-9]{1,}\s%</RegExTarget><RuleCondition>TargetOnly</RuleCondition></RegExRule></Setting>
<Setting Id="“CheckTradeMarksSeverity”">1</Setting>
</SettingsGroup>

It might also have to do with your theme settings (Settings > Style Configurator, look at the Select Theme at the top of the dialog box): are you using the default, or have you edited your colors for the default theme, or do you have another theme selected? Maybe due to your style settings, you just cannot see the highlighting that’s there.

You might consider doing a screenshot with your cursor inside the <someTag> from my example (like between some and Tag, posting to imgur, and linking by copying the “direct link” and put it here using the syntax ![](https://i.imgur.com/0Mon4gO.png), but replacing my image id with yours. (Make sure you copy the link that uses the i.imgur.com, so it’s directly to the image, rather than imgur’s wrapper page)

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@PeterJones

Wow
I just saw your post
I thought your post looks Very nice
And there are your secrets - post pictures somewhere else and just use its address
How do you do nice Highlight here ?

Any ways, Main topic…
I’ll check what you said.

Thanks

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https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMoXmLa29hMz4el_f6LJ6pcoC7iFTBwoI3VQw6U

link text

PeterJones

I cannot access the links you posted (404 not found)

The forum uses Markdown (see the ? link next to the COMPOSE label when making a post). For a great guide to using Markdown on this forum, see @Scott-Sumner’s excellent rundown – this includes how to do a code block (which does the syntax highlighting in the forum)

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@PeterJones

thanks… all your efforts.

I just gave up all of them.
-to make highlight XML
-to study how to post nicely in the community (this editor is soooo strange)

오바마

I’m sorry to say like this
But, it is true
All of sudden it works
I Really do not know why
So
Some time later
It will go crazy again maybe
Until that time I will be happy

Thanks Guys.