XML

Last modified: 08 March 2021

PyCharm brings powerful support for XML that includes structure validation, formatting(Ctrl+Alt+L) and indentation(Ctrl+Alt+I according to the XML code style, importing unbound namespaces, viewing code structure, unwrapping and removing tags(Ctrl+Shift+Delete), generating DTD files and schemas from instance documents, as well as syntax and error highlighting, code completion(Ctrl+Space), intention actions(Alt+Enter), quick documentation look-up(Ctrl+Q), and more.

PyCharm uses Xerces 2.11, an XML parser developed by Apache Software Foundation Group.

Import XML namespaces

If you use a tag or an attribute from a namespace that is not bound, PyCharm detects the problem and shows a tooltip:

Tooltip: Reference to an unbound namespace

To solve the problem, use the quickfix that PyCharm suggests.

Press Alt+Enter. If there are multiple choices, select the desired namespace from the list.
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Alternatively, hover your mouse pointer over the problem and click Create namespace declaration in the popup that opens. If there are multiple choices, select the desired namespace from the list.

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Configure syntax highlighting

You can configure XML-aware syntax highlighting according to your preferences and habits.

In the Settings/Preferences dialog Ctrl+Alt+S, go to Editor | Color Scheme | XML.
Select the color scheme, accept the highlighting settings inherited from defaults or customize them as described in Colors and fonts.

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