Commands

vscode-xml provides several vscode commands which are available with Ctrl+Shift+P.

Bind to grammar/schema file

This command triggers the XML Binding Wizard for the current file.

Details on the command are described here.

Open XML Documentation

This command opens the XML Documentation.

Revalidate current XML file

This command re-triggers the XML Validation for the current file.

When the Server Cache Path is activated, the command removes the referenced XSD, DTD grammar from the local cache.

Revalidate all open XML files

This command re-triggers the XML Validation for the all opened XML files.

When the Server Cache Path is activated, the command clears the remote grammar cache and revalidates all opened files.

Restart XML Language Server

This command restarts the XML language server.

Minify XML Document

This command minifies the current XML document by removing unnecessary whitespace while preserving the document's structure and content.

The minification can be triggered via the Source > Minify XML menu.

The minification process:

• Removes all indentation and line breaks between elements
• Removes whitespace between the XML declaration and the root element
• Normalizes whitespace sequences inside text content to a single space
• Preserves whitespace in elements with xml:space="preserve" attribute
• Preserves content in CDATA sections
• Reduces multiple spaces between attributes to a single space

This is useful for reducing file size before transmitting or storing XML documents.