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A root containing two item elements
Indented child elements
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Indent XML and catch unbalanced element tags.
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The formatter separates XML tokens onto lines and indents them according to element depth.
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Element nesting determines indentation and closing tags are validated.
The formatter separates XML tokens onto lines and indents them according to element depth. It checks opening and closing element names for balanced nesting.
Attributes, declarations, comments, doctype declarations, and CDATA sections remain part of their original tokens.
A root containing two item elements
Indented child elements
A root closed by an item tag
A clear unexpected closing-tag error
No. It checks basic tag balance, not XSD, namespaces, entity declarations, or business rules.
No. Tag text and attribute order are retained.
No. This tool runs locally in your browser, so the values or files you provide are not sent to a ToolStack server.
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