Xaml Markup Styler Visual Studio 2012 Extension

Feature Highlights

• Format/Beautify Xaml markup in one click.

• Sort attributes based on following rules:
  • x:Class
  • XML Namespaces
    • WPF built-in namespaces
    • User defined namespaces
  • Key, Name or Title attributes
    • x:Key
    • x:Name
    • Title
  • Grid or Canvas related attached layout attributes
  • Numeric layout attributes
    • Width/MinWidth/MaxWidth
    • Height/MinHeight/MaxHeight
    • Margin
  • Alignment related attributes
    • HorizontalAlignment/ContentHorizontalAlignment
    • VerticalAlignment/ContentVerticalAlignment
    • Panel.ZIndex
  • Other attributes
• Short attributes tolerance.
  • When an element contains 2 or less than 2 attributes, line break is not applied for better readability.
• Special characters(e.g., &) are preserved.
• Respect "significant" whitespace situation.
  • No new linefeed will be added to <Run/>, if it is immediatly following another element to prevent the rendering of unexpected space.

Significant Whitespace between <Run/>		No Whitespace between <Run/>
	vs
<TextBlock> <Run>A<Run> <Run>B<Run> </TextBlock>	vs	<TextBlock> <Run>A<Run><Run>B<Run> </TextBlock>

• Indent Xaml markup based on "Tab Size/Indent Size/Indent Charater" settings available in "Option/Text Editor/XAML/Tabs" page.

• XamlStyler specific options.
  • Define your own attribute ordering rules
  • Define your own attribute line break rules
  • Markup extension formatting
  • Automatically reformat Xaml file on saving

• Import/Export XamlStyler settings.