Menus#

XML Notepad provides the following menu commands.

File#

The file menu contains the following commands:

• New Start a new XML document.
• Open Open an XML document for editing. Can also open .csv and .htm files converting them to XML.
• Reload Discard any edits you've made and reload the file as it exists on disk.
• Save Save any edits you've made to the file disk.
• Save As Save the current document to a different file name on disk.
• Export Errors Save the contents of the Error List in an XML format.
• Recent Files This menu provides quick access to the last 10 XML documents you've edited.
• Exit Closes XML Notepad.

Edit#

The edit menu contains the following commands:

• Undo Undo the previous edit operation.
• Redo Reverses the last undo operation.
• Cut Copy the selected node to the clipboard (and its children) and remove that node from the tree. See Clipboard support.
• Copy Copy the selected node to the clipboard (and its children).
• Paste Parse the XML in the clipboard and create new nodes in the tree under the selected node.
• Delete Delete the selected node.
• Insert Insert a new node of the same type (element, attribute, processing instruction, comment, etc) as the currently selected node. This makes it easy to build a list of nodes that have the same type.
• Rename Enter edit mode on the current element or attribute so you can rename it (or type Enter key)
• Duplicate Clone the selected node (and its children) and insert the clone as the next sibling.
• Change To Changes the selected node to the specified node type.
• Goto Definition Open the selected XInclude or open the XML Schema that defines the selected node in a new instance of XML Notepad.
• Expand XIncludes Expand all XInlcude elements with the contents of the XML documents they point to.
• Nudge Moves the selected node:
  • Up Before the previous sibling, or before the parent if there are no previous siblings.
  • Down After the next sibling, or after the parent if there is no next sibling.
  • Left Before the parent if this is the first child, otherwise after the parent.
  • Right so it becomes the last child of the previous sibling.
• Find... Brings up the find dialog.
• Replace... Brings up the replace dialog.
• Incremental Search... Allows you to instantly find what you type.

View#

• Expand All Expand all collapsed nodes in the entire tree. See "Expand" item on the context menu if you just want to expand the selected node.
• Collapse all Collapse all expanded nodes in the entire tree (except the root node). See "Collapse" item on the context menu if you just want to collapse the selected node.
• Status Bar Toggle the visibility of the status bar.
• Source Show the current XML document in text form using "Notepad".
• Options... Display the Options Dialog.
• Schemas... Display the Schemas Dialog.
• Statistics... Opens a command prompt with the results of running XmlStats.exe on the current file. The XmlStats.exe program is in the current working directory so you can play with it further. Type XmlStats -? for help.
• Next Error Navigate to the next error in the list of errors.
• Compare XML Files... Launches XML Diff which compares the current document you are editing with another document on disk and displays the results.

Insert#

Contains commands for inserting various node types. You can insert before, after or as a child of the currently selected node. Only those insert operations that result in well formed document will be enabled.

Window#

Provides a "New window" command for launching another instance of XML Notepad.

Help#

Bring up the help contents and index as well as the About Dialog.