XML Notepad

XML Notepad provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing XML documents. Handy features include: * Tree View synchronized with Node Text View for quick editing of node names and values.

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xml notepad provides a simple intuitive user interface for browsing and editing xml documents.

handy features include:

* tree view synchronized with node text view for quick editing of node names and values. * incremental search (ctrl+i) in both tree and text views, so as you type it navigates to matching nodes. * cut/copy/paste with full namespace support. * drag/drop support for easy manipulation of the tree, even across different instances of xml notepad and from the file system. * infinite undo/redo for all edit operations. * in place popup multiline editing of large text node values. * configurable fonts and colors via the options dialog. * full find/replace dialog with support for regex and xpath. * good performance on large xml documents, loading a 3mb document in about one second. * instant xml schema validation while you edit with errors and warnings shown in the task list window. * intellisense based on expected elements and attributes and enumerated simple type values. * support for custom editors for date, datetime and time datatypes and other types like color. * handy nudge tool bar buttons for quick movement of nodes up and down the tree. * inplace html viewer for processing xmlstylesheet processing instructions. * builtin xml diff tool. * support for xinclude * dynamic help from xsd annotations. * goto definition to navigate includes and xsd schema information.

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