How to format a document in Notepad++

Question

I noticed other questions about Notepad++ on this site, so I figured this was the appropriate place to ask. Mods, if this isn't the right place, please relocate.

How do you format your document in Notepad++? I'm looking for something similar to Visual Studio's Edit > Advanced > Format Document

I have a large xml document that is all on one line, I would like it to be formatted with the proper indents/whitespace and only one element per line.

Edit: Using the stock version 5.9.5 with no plug ins.

Answer 1

Download XML Tools plugin from NotePad++->Plugins->XML Tools.. Use Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B to format your XML document..

Answer 2

+1 for XML Tools.

You can download the plugin from the Plugin Manager and then use ":

1. Plugins > Plugin Manager > Show Plugin Manager
2. Select XML Tools and install
3. Plugins > XML Tools > Pretty Print (XML only - with line breaks).

This corresponds to the shortcut Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B.

If this does not work with your version of Notepad++ (damn, you have an old old one!), you can download the plugin and install it yourself:

1. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/npp-plugins/files/XML%20Tools/
2. Put the dll file in /plugins
3. Restart Notepad++ and that's it