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Format: closing bracked on newline fails with inner text #1649
Description
If a xml tag has plain text inside, the closing bracket is inlined instead of setting it on a new line
Current format
<text x="50%"
y="50%"
font-size="60"
> SVG </text> <!-- Should be newline -->Desired format
<text x="50%"
y="50%"
font-size="60"
>
SVG
</text>settings xml.format.closingBracketNewLine is already enabled
{
"editor.linkedEditing": true,
"[xml]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "redhat.vscode-xml",
"editor.tabSize": 2,
"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
"files.trimFinalNewlines": true
},
"xml.format.preserveEmptyContent": true,
"xml.format.emptyElements": "collapse",
"xml.format.splitAttributes": "alignWithFirstAttr",
"xml.completion.autoCloseTags": true,
"xml.format.spaceBeforeEmptyCloseTag": true,
"xml.format.closingBracketNewLine": true,
"xml.preferences.quoteStyle": "double",
"xml.fileAssociations": [
{
"pattern": "**/*.xml.svg",
"systemId": ".vscode/svg11-flat-20110816.dtd"
}
],
"html.autoClosingTags": true,
}
Activity
[-]Format help: closing bracked on newline[/-][+]Format: closing bracked on newline fails with inner text[/+]Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.inlineElements settings
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Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings
angelozerr commentedon Oct 7, 2026
Fixed with #1868
See doc at https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-xml/blob/main/docs/Formatting.md#xmlformatmixedcontent