XML Formatter

Q: Are comments and CDATA preserved?

Yes. Comments, CDATA sections and processing instructions are kept in place.

Q: Can it format HTML?

HTML is not always well-formed XML. Use the HTML formatter for web pages.

Indent a one-line SOAP response, sitemap or config file. The XML is checked for well-formedness first.

Input · drop a file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"><url><loc>https://codeclean.dev/</loc><changefreq>weekly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://codeclean.dev/json-formatter</loc><priority>0.9</priority></url></urlset>

Output

Well-formed XML in one minute

Exactly one root element.
Every opening tag has a matching closing tag (or is self-closing, <br/>).
Tags nest properly and names are case-sensitive.
Attribute values are quoted, and & and < in text are escaped.

This tool uses your browser’s built-in XML parser, so its verdict matches what browsers and most XML libraries will accept. It does not validate against an XSD or DTD.

Questions

Are comments and CDATA preserved?