XML document outline window

Question

A google search didnt give a result, so I tought about asking here.

Is there a window in Visual Studio for XML that behaves like the document outline window on wpf/aspx/...

Would be nice to see the hierachy (xpath) on a large XML document, without trying to scroll to the parent node of a 5000 nodes item.

Edit:

I am using VS 2012, but if there is a window like this in VS 2013 I wouldnt mind using this for XML documents.

Nevadanevai

maybe could be useful that you mention wich version of visual studio. – Stannic

What behavior do you mean? – Turncoat

Is it something like you get when you use the MSVC++ Debugger and choose View XML on a variable? – Turncoat

Answer 1

There is not a native XML document outline available in any version of Visual Studio to date. The closest feature is XML Schema Viewer that is available when you are creating or editing XSD documents that creates a graphical structure of your XML schema definition while you are building it.

I am not aware of any integrated extensions that have been completed to provide the document outline, but there are third party xml editors, such as Liquid XML Studio or Oxygen that provide this, which are well worth the investment if you do a lot with XML. Perhaps even XML Notepad could provide the document outline you are looking for with no cost, but not sure if it handles large files as well as the commercial products.

Toque

Answer 2

It is worth mentioning here that this answer is outdated (old question anyway) and there are now extensions that provide this functionality like 'xml language support' and others.

Barrybarrymore