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Use this page to configure formatting options for XML files. View the result in the Preview pane.

In this section:

Tabs and Indents

Item Description
Use tab character If this check box is selected, tab characters are used:
  • On pressing the TabTab key
  • For indentation
  • For code reformatting

Otherwise, spaces are used instead of tabs.
Smart tabs If this check box is selected, IntelliJ IDEA inserts tabs for indentation and reformatting, but fine alignment to a necessary column is done only via spaces. This is done in order to preserve visual representation of the source code, when the Tab Size is changed.

If this check box is not selected, then spaces are used for alignment if necessary.

This check box is available if the Use Tab Character check box is selected.

Tab size In this text box, specify the number of spaces included in a tab.
Indent In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character check box is selected) to be inserted for each indent level.
Continuation indent In this text box, specify the number of spaces (or tabs if the Use Tab Character check box is selected) to be inserted at the next line in case of a construct break.

Other

Item Description
Keep line breaks Select this check box to have IntelliJ IDEA honor line breaks when reviewing XML files in the editor.
Keep line breaks in text Select this check box to have IntelliJ IDEA honor line breaks in attributes (for example, lengthy descriptions) when reviewing XML files in the editor.
Keep blank lines In this text box, specify the minimum number of sequential blank lines to be retained after reformatting.
Wrap attributes Use this drop-down list to determine how attribute lines should be wrapped. The available options are:
  • Do not wrap - if this option is selected, no special wrapping style is applied to the code.
  • Wrap if long - select this option to have lines going beyond the right margin wrapped with proper indentation.
  • Chop down if long - select this option to have elements in lists that go beyond the right margin wrapped to give one element per line with proper indentation.
  • Wrap always - select this option to have all elements in lists wrapped to give one element per line with proper indentation.
Wrap text Select this check box to have long lines wrapped according to the code style settings.
Align attributes Select this check box to have attributes in sequential lines aligned.
Keep white spaces When this check box is selected, the editor preserves all whitespaces within tags. The same refers also to the indents, and line breaks.
Spaces In this area, define the usage of spaces for attributes and tag names.
  • Around "=" in attribute: select this check box to have spaces added around the "=" symbol in attributes.
  • After tag name: select this check box to have spaces added after tag names.
  • In empty tag: select this check box to have spaces added in empty tags.
CDATA In this area, define the usage of whitespaces around and inside CDATA sections in MXML files:
  • Whitespaces: from the drop-down list, choose how whitespaces around CDATA will be treated.
    • Preserve: all whitespaces will be left intact after reformatting.
    • Remove (keep with tags): all whitespaces around CDATA will be removed, and tags will be kept on the same lines.
    • New lines: new lines will be added before and after CDATA.
  • Keep whitespaces inside: If this check box is selected, whitespaces will be preserved after CDATA[ and before ]].

Set From

Click this link to reveal the list of languages to be used as the base for the current language code style. So doing, only the settings that are applicable to the current language are taken. All the other settings are not affected.

This link appears in the upper-right corner of the language-specific code style page, when applicable.

Click Reset to discard changes and return to the initial set of code style settings.

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