XML Tools installs statistics
By Josh Johnson · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
XML Formatting, XQuery, and XPath Tools for Visual Studio Code
XML Tools has 8,137,379 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #116 of 2,501 tracked listings.
Rating: 4.05 / 5 from 82 ratings
About XML Tools
XML Tools for Visual Studio Code
Features
- XML Formatting
- XML Tree View
- XPath Evaluation
- XQuery Linting
- XQuery Execution
- XQuery Code Completion
Requirements
- VS Code
1.22.2or higher
Extension Settings
xmlTools.enableXmlTreeView: Enables the XML Tree View for XML documents.xmlTools.enableXmlTreeViewMetadata: Enables attribute and child element counts in the XML Document view.xmlTools.enableXmlTreeViewCursorSync: Enables auto-reveal of elements in the XML Document view when a start tag is clicked in the editor.xmlTools.enforcePrettySelfClosingTagOnFormat: Ensures a space is added before the forward slash at the end of a self-closing tag.xmlTools.ignoreDefaultNamespace: Ignore default xmlns attributes when evaluating XPath.xmlTools.persistXPathQuery: Remember the last XPath query used.xmlTools.removeCommentsOnMinify: Remove XML comments during minification.xmlTools.splitAttributesOnFormat: Put each attribute on a new line when formatting XML. OverridesxmlTools.splitXmlnsOnFormatif set totrue. (V2 Formatter Only)xmlTools.splitXmlnsOnFormat: Put each xmlns attribute on a new line when formatting XML.xmlTools.xmlFormatterImplementation: Supported XML Formatters:classic,v2.xmlTools.xqueryExecutionArguments: Arguments to be passed to the XQuery execution engine.xmlTools.xqueryExecutionEngine: The full path to the executable to run when executing XQuery scripts.
Release Notes
Detailed release notes are available here.
Issues
Run into a bug? Report it here.
Icon Credits
Icons used in the XML Tree View are used under the Creative Commons 3.0 BY license.
- "Code" icon by Dave Gandy from www.flaticon.com
- "At" icon by FreePik from www.flaticon.com
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- keybindings
- xml
- xquery
- xsl
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Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=DotJoshJohnson.xml. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.