Correctly indent code with Notepad++

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Can Notepad++ correctly indent code?

If I had this:

<div><div><div></div></div>   </div>

Is there a way of turning it into the following?

<div>
  <div>
    <div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Best Answer

You can use TextFX plugin to reindent code for you. If you don't have it, you will need to install in from your plugin manager. Once in place > just use the menu "TextFX" > "TextFX Edit" > "Reindent C++ code".

Probably it won't convert a single line, but actual code with miss-indentations will be handled well.

You will find more info and other plugins explained here.

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Notepad++ XML Auto Indent + Tag Closing

Here's my quick and dirty solution. Really it just involves creating a macro along with enabling a XML tools feature.

First, remove the "Indent By Fold" plugin, if installed.

Then, enable the "Tag auto-close" feature by going to Plugins>XML Tools.

Also, enable Notepad++'s auto indent by going to Settings > Preferences > MISC. Tab

Next, go to Macro > Start Recording.

Now, hit the following keys in this sequence:

>, enter, enter, up, tab.

Then, go to Macro > Stop Recording. Followed by, Macro > Save Current Recorded Macro.

This will create the final '>' as well as the closing tag, but then leave your cursor indented in a new line between the opening and closing tags.

I saved mine as "CTRL + '.'".

The reasoning behind this was that if I was here:

<hello|

The natural thing to do would be to hit the '>' key. Since I need to hit SHIFT+ '.' on a QWERTY keyboard to get this character, I figure I'd use CTRL+'.' (only one key away) to perform the macro and save SHIFT+'.' for cases where I just want the plain old character (e.g. <hello />).

Here is the result after hitting CTRL + '.'

<hello>
   |
</hello>

I'll be on the lookout for a more elegant solution, but for now this seems to be pretty good.

Hope this helps!

How to un-indent code

I need to remove one level of indentation when coding

I use a variety of text editors such as Geany, N++, gedit, and Code::Blocks

Notepad++

Select the lines you want to "unindent" and press shift+tab

Geany

Select the lines you want to "unindent" and press shift+tab or ctrl+u

gedit

Select the lines you want to "unindent" and press shift+tab

Codeblocks

Select the lines you want to "unindent" and press shift+tab

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Notepad++ XML Auto Indent + Tag Closing

How to un-indent code

I need to remove one level of indentation when coding

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