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XML Editor Extensions

Tomas Restrepo edited this page Apr 5, 2016 · 2 revisions

Viasfora allows you to customize how XML namespace prefixes are rendered in the Visual Studio XML editor through the Viasfora XML Prefix entry in the Fonts and Colors options page:

XML Prefixes

You can also render closing element tags in a different color through the Viasfora XML Closing Tag entry in the Fonts and Colors options page:

XML Closing Tags

With Viasfora, the XML editor will also highlight the matching opening/closing element tags when the caret is in one of them:

XML Matching Tags

Resolving Namespace Prefixes

Viasfora will also extend the Intellisense provided by the Visual Studio XML editor: Put the cursor over an XML namespace prefix, and a tooltip will tell you what it is mapped to in that context!

XML Prefix Resolution

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