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This PR requires redhat-developer/vscode-xml#1175

Add xml.format.mixedContent and xml.format.blockElements settings

Add two new formatting settings to control how mixed content
(text + child elements) is formatted:

  • xml.format.mixedContent: controls the formatting mode

    • normalize: collapse whitespace to single space (default)
    • reflow: smart wrapping at word/element boundaries
    • expand: always put each child on its own line
    • preserve: don't reformat mixed content at all
  • xml.format.blockElements: list of element names treated as block
    in mixed content. Listed elements get their own line with
    indentation. Unlisted elements stay inline with surrounding text.
    When empty (default), all elements are inline (backward compatible).
    Only effective in reflow mode.

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  • New Features
    • Added configurable mixed-content formatting modes: normalize, reflow, expand, and preserve.
    • Added support for identifying block elements, allowing them to be formatted on separate lines.
    • Reflow mode can wrap long content while retaining existing line breaks; expand mode places content on separate lines.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved indentation and line-break handling for mixed content, multiline start tags, and joined content lines.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for mixed-content modes, block elements, wrapping, whitespace, and formatting consistency.

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I don't see wrap mentioned in the client side PR, did you mean to add it there?

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I can't seem to get it working.

I have this in settings:

"xml.format.inlineElements": [
  "b"
],

I have left xml.format.mixedContent to the default value.

Here's what I trying with:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob, <b>please</b> replace the text content in <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b> with something more <b>work appropriate</b> that still includes <b>bolded</b> words.
</paragraph>

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I don't see wrap mentioned in the client side PR, did you mean to add it there?

Sorry this wrap is out of dated. The new value is expand.

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The new value is expand.

There is only preserve and normalize: https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-xml/pull/1175/changes#diff-7ae45ad102eab3b6d7e7896acd08c427a9b25b346470d7bc6507b6481575d519R438

Sorry I have forgotten to push the code. It should be better now.

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I can't seem to get it working.

I have this in settings:

"xml.format.inlineElements": [
  "b"
],

I have left xml.format.mixedContent to the default value.

Here's what I trying with:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob, <b>please</b> replace the text content in <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b> with something more <b>work appropriate</b> that still includes <b>bolded</b> words.
</paragraph>

What are you expecting? Please note maxLIneWidth is used to manages split of mixed content..

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I get this:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob,
  <b>please</b>
  replace the text content in
  <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b>
  with something more
  <b>work appropriate</b>
  that still includes
  <b>bolded</b>
  words.
</paragraph>

I was expecting something like this:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob, <b>please</b> replace the text content in <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b> with something
  more <b>work appropriate</b> that still includes <b>bolded</b> words.
</paragraph>

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I get this:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob,
  <b>please</b>
  replace the text content in
  <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b>
  with something more
  <b>work appropriate</b>
  that still includes
  <b>bolded</b>
  words.
</paragraph>

I was expecting something like this:

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob, <b>please</b> replace the text content in <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b> with something
  more <b>work appropriate</b> that still includes <b>bolded</b> words.
</paragraph>

Indeed it seems it is a bug, let me investigate that.

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I think I've figure out what confused about, I think it might be a bug:

If xml.format.inlineElements is set to some value (in my case [ "b" ]), then reflow and normalize work the same for the following snippet; the existing newlines (eg. after "replace") are preserved.

<paragraph>
  Dearest Bob, <b>please</b> replace
  the text content in <b>mixedContentFormatting.xml</b> with something more <b>work appropriate</b> that still includes <b>bolded</b> words.
</paragraph>

I think this might be a bug, but if you intended it to work this way, then it feels confusing.

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The XML formatter adds configurable mixed-content modes and block-element settings. Element and text formatting now use these settings to control child placement, whitespace handling, wrapping, and end-tag indentation.

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Mixed-content formatting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Mixed-content settings and formatting state
org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/settings/XMLFormattingOptions.java, org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/XMLFormatterDocument.java, org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/XMLFormattingConstraints.java
Formatting options add normalize, reflow, expand, and preserve modes and a block-element list. The document formatter exposes mode and block-element checks. Formatting constraints track child wrapping, soft wraps, and start-tag line breaks.
Element layout and line tracking
org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/DOMAttributeFormatter.java, org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/DOMElementFormatter.java
Element formatting places mixed-content children according to the configured mode and block-element names. Attribute and element formatting track line breaks, and end-tag layout accounts for wrapping and existing newlines.
Text wrapping and formatting validation
org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/DOMTextFormatter.java, org.eclipse.lemminx/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/settings/XMLFormatterMixedContentSettingsTest.java, org.eclipse.lemminx/src/test/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/settings/XMLFormatterJoinContentLinesTest.java
Text formatting applies mode-specific whitespace, newline, indentation, and wrapping rules. Tests cover the mixed-content modes, block elements, line joining with split attributes, and idempotency.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant XMLFormattingOptions
  participant XMLFormatterDocument
  participant DOMElementFormatter
  participant DOMTextFormatter
  XMLFormattingOptions->>XMLFormatterDocument: Provide mixed-content mode and block-element names
  XMLFormatterDocument->>DOMElementFormatter: Classify content and expose formatting settings
  DOMElementFormatter->>DOMTextFormatter: Format child text with mixed-content constraints
  DOMTextFormatter->>DOMElementFormatter: Record soft-wrap state in parent constraints
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The new mixed-content modes can produce conflicting edits in expand mode. A reported test failure, inconsistent reflow behavior when maxLineWidth is 0, inaccurate normalize documentation, and a possible crash from a null block-element entry also remain unresolved. Resolve these issues before merging.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 02de5

These settings change document formatting without demonstrated new access or execution privileges. Existing preservation behavior remains in place, but client integration and interrupted or concurrent operation were not fully established.

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  • inferred — The demonstrated changed outcome is formatting edits for the submitted document. The reviewed paths do not establish a new execution, credential, network, or cross-tenant capability; exposure through consumers outside the repository remains uncharacterized.

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  • observed — Category selection retains existing settings and participant precedence, followed by xml:space and inherited-preservation checks, before applying the new mixed-content mode. PreserveSpace text bypasses the new reflow and expand logic, while retaining the established trailing-whitespace option and closing-tag indentation behavior.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Each formatting request constructs a formatter document, and formatting creates a fresh edit list and root constraints. Cancellation is checked during sibling traversal. This limits intermediate layout-state sharing, but does not establish complete cancellation coverage inside nested traversal or isolation from concurrent caller updates to shared settings.
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- Around line 195-205: Update the post-block text handling in the mixed-content
reflow logic so it runs independently of max-line-width support and explicitly
inserts indentation before the first non-whitespace character after a block
element. Handle both existing leading whitespace and text beginning immediately
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- Around line 716-725: Update testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored to expect the
existing line break and indentation between sibling elements, while retaining
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Comment on lines +195 to +205
// Text after a block element: force content to start on a new line.
// Use case: <update>text <set>...</set> more text</update>
// " more text" → "\n more text" (after block </set>)
if (isMixedContent && formatterDocument.isMixedContentReflow()
&& isMaxLineWidthSupported()) {
DOMNode prevSibling = textNode.getPreviousSibling();
if (prevSibling != null && prevSibling.isElement()
&& formatterDocument.isBlockElement((DOMElement) prevSibling)) {
availableLineWidth = 0;
}
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Text after a block element does not move to a new line when maxLineWidth is 0.

The new-line rule is guarded by isMaxLineWidthSupported(). It also works only indirectly: it sets availableLineWidth = 0 so that the next word overflows. When maxLineWidth=0, the guard is false. For example, <p>text <div>x</div> more</p> with reflow, blockElements=["div"] and maxLineWidth=0 gives <p>text\n <div>x</div> more\n</p>. The <div> moves to its own line, but more stays after </div>.

The MixedContent.reflow Javadoc says that "text after a block element starts on a new line." The block-element start-tag rule and the end-tag rule in DOMElementFormatter do not depend on maxLineWidth. The text rule must not depend on it either.

The zero-width approach also fails when there is no whitespace before the text (</div>more). In that case spaceStart == -1 stays true, so the overflow branch never runs.

The fix: when the previous sibling is a block element, put explicit indentation before the first non-whitespace character. Do not rely on the width calculation.

Proposed fix
-		if (isMixedContent && formatterDocument.isMixedContentReflow()
-				&& isMaxLineWidthSupported()) {
+		if (isMixedContent && formatterDocument.isMixedContentReflow()) {
 			DOMNode prevSibling = textNode.getPreviousSibling();
 			if (prevSibling != null && prevSibling.isElement()
 					&& formatterDocument.isBlockElement((DOMElement) prevSibling)) {
-				availableLineWidth = 0;
+				int ts = textNode.getStart();
+				int cs = ts;
+				while (cs < textNode.getEnd() && Character.isWhitespace(text.charAt(cs))) {
+					cs++;
+				}
+				if (cs < textNode.getEnd()) {
+					int level = parentConstraints.getMixedContentIndentLevel() == 0 ? indentLevel
+							: parentConstraints.getMixedContentIndentLevel();
+					if (cs == ts) {
+						formatterDocument.insertIndentation(level, cs, edits);
+					} else {
+						replaceLeftSpacesWithIndentation(level, ts, cs, true, edits);
+					}
+					parentConstraints.setSoftWrapped(true);
+					availableLineWidth = formatterDocument.getNewLineAvailableWidth(level);
+				}
 			}
 		}

After this change, the main loop must not process the leading whitespace a second time. Start the loop at cs, or skip the leading-whitespace branch, so that two edits do not overlap the same range. Add a test with maxLineWidth=0 and a test with </div>more.

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Update the post-block text handling in the mixed-content reflow logic so it runs
independently of max-line-width support and explicitly inserts indentation
before the first non-whitespace character after a block element. Handle both
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Comment on lines +716 to +725
public void testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored() throws BadLocationException {
SharedSettings settings = new SharedSettings();
// mixedContent defaults to normalize
settings.getFormattingSettings().setBlockElements(Arrays.asList("div"));
String content = "<p>text\n <b>bold</b>\n <div>block</div>\n more</p>";
// normalize: all newlines collapsed to spaces, all elements inline
String expected = "<p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p>";
assertFormat(content, expected, settings);
assertFormat(expected, expected, settings);
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored fails on every CI platform. Change the expectation or the formatter so they agree.

CI reports the output <p>text <b>bold</b>\n <div>block</div> more</p>. The test expects <p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p>.

The cause is not the blockElements setting. In normalize mode, formatStartTagElement in DOMElementFormatter.java runs the existing indentation step (lines 259-267). That step applies when the whitespace between two sibling elements contains a line break. It calls replaceLeftSpacesWithIndentationPreservedNewLines, which keeps the line break before <div>. Text nodes are different: the newlines in text\n and \n more are joined because mixedContentJoins is true. The result: newlines between adjacent elements are kept in normalize mode, and newlines inside text nodes are joined.

MixedContent.normalize is documented as "backward-compatible." The newline between elements is the old behavior. Choose one fix:

  • Recommended: keep the old behavior. Change the test expectation to the actual output. Also correct the Javadoc of MixedContent.normalize and isMixedContentReflow, which say that all newlines are collapsed.
  • Alternative: if normalize mode must collapse every newline, add a !isMixedContentReflow() branch at lines 259-267 in DOMElementFormatter.java. That branch must replace the whitespace with one space when prevSibling != null. This changes the default formatter output, so run the full formatter test suite.
Proposed fix (keep backward-compatible behavior)
-		// normalize: all newlines collapsed to spaces, all elements inline
-		String expected = "<p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p>";
+		// normalize: newlines inside text are joined; an existing line break
+		// between adjacent sibling elements is kept (backward compatible).
+		// blockElements has no effect.
+		String expected = "<p>text <b>bold</b>" + lineSeparator() + "  <div>block</div> more</p>";

Check the exact line delimiter. CI reports \n because the input uses \n.

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public void testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored() throws BadLocationException {
SharedSettings settings = new SharedSettings();
// mixedContent defaults to normalize
settings.getFormattingSettings().setBlockElements(Arrays.asList("div"));
String content = "<p>text\n <b>bold</b>\n <div>block</div>\n more</p>";
// normalize: all newlines collapsed to spaces, all elements inline
String expected = "<p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p>";
assertFormat(content, expected, settings);
assertFormat(expected, expected, settings);
}
public void testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored() throws BadLocationException {
SharedSettings settings = new SharedSettings();
// mixedContent defaults to normalize
settings.getFormattingSettings().setBlockElements(Arrays.asList("div"));
String content = "<p>text\n <b>bold</b>\n <div>block</div>\n more</p>";
// normalize: newlines inside text are joined; an existing line break
// between adjacent sibling elements is kept (backward compatible).
// blockElements has no effect.
String expected = "<p>text <b>bold</b>" + lineSeparator() + " <div>block</div> more</p>";
assertFormat(content, expected, settings);
assertFormat(expected, expected, settings);
}
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[error] 723-723: Maven Surefire test failure in XMLFormatterMixedContentSettingsTest.testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored: expected <p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p> but formatter produced a newline before <div>. The mvn test build failed.

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[error] 723-723: The test XMLFormatterMixedContentSettingsTest.testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored failed during ./mvnw -B '-Dlemminx.cacheInRepoDir' clean verify: expected <p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p> but got <p>text <b>bold</b>\n <div>block</div> more</p>. Maven Surefire reported 1 failure, causing the build to fail.

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[error] 723-723: The test XMLFormatterMixedContentSettingsTest.testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored failed during ./mvnw -B '-Dlemminx.cacheInRepoDir' clean verify: expected <p>text <b>bold</b> <div>block</div> more</p>, but the formatter inserted a newline before <div>. Maven Surefire reported 1 test failure, causing the build to fail.

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around lines 716 - 725:
Update testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored to expect the existing line break and
indentation between sibling elements, while retaining the collapsed whitespace
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🟡 Minor · Fix the normalize and reflow Javadoc so it matches the… · XMLFormattingOptions.java:49-81

org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/settings/XMLFormattingOptions.java:49-81
📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Fix the normalize and reflow Javadoc so it matches the formatter's behavior.

The normalize Javadoc says that all newlines in mixed content collapse to single spaces. testNormalize_blockElementsIgnored shows otherwise. In normalize mode, the formatter keeps a line break between adjacent sibling elements. The PR comments also report that normalize and reflow give the same output when the input already contains newlines. Users who read this Javadoc and the client-side documentation will expect output that the formatter does not produce.

Describe what each mode actually does. In normalize mode, the formatter joins newlines inside text nodes and keeps line breaks between sibling elements. Apply the same correction to the isMixedContentReflow Javadoc in XMLFormatterDocument.

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around lines 49 - 81:
Update the normalize and reflow Javadocs in XMLFormattingOptions.MixedContent
and the isMixedContentReflow Javadoc in XMLFormatterDocument to match actual
formatter behavior: normalize joins newlines within text nodes but preserves
line breaks between sibling elements, and reflow should not claim to preserve
existing newlines when it produces the same output as normalize for such input.

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versionNumber = rb.getString("git.build.version");
shortCommitId = rb.getString("git.commit.id.abbrev");
commitMessage = rb.getString("git.commit.message.short");
branch = rb.getString("git.branch");

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Is this needed? It seems unrelated to this PR.

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No sorry I will remove it.

Except that do you need other changes?

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Outside of this it's looking pretty good

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Add two new formatting settings to control how mixed content
(text + child elements) is formatted:

- xml.format.mixedContent: controls the formatting mode
  - normalize: collapse whitespace to single space (default)
  - reflow: smart wrapping at word/element boundaries
  - expand: always put each child on its own line
  - preserve: don't reformat mixed content at all

- xml.format.blockElements: list of element names treated as block
  in mixed content. Listed elements get their own line with
  indentation. Unlisted elements stay inline with surrounding text.
  When empty (default), all elements are inline (backward compatible).
  Only effective in reflow mode.

Fixes eclipse-lemminx#1684, eclipse-lemminx#1649, eclipse-lemminx#1797
Fixes redhat-developer/vscode-xml#1131,
redhat-developer/vscode-xml#1026, redhat-developer/vscode-xml#1012

Signed-off-by: azerr <azerr@redhat.com>
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🟠 Major · Avoid overlapping edits before the next element. · DOMTextFormatter.java:185-186

org.eclipse.lemminx/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/services/format/DOMTextFormatter.java:185-186
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Avoid overlapping edits before the next element.

In expand mode, <p>text \n <b>x</b></p> makes this branch remove the space after text. Formatting <b> then replaces the larger whitespace range that contains that space. XMLFormatterDocument.removeEditsForRange removes only edits with an identical range, so both edits remain. Let one formatter own this whitespace range, or remove the contained edit before adding the indentation edit. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Update the `trimEnd > contentEnd` branch in `DOMTextFormatter` so whitespace
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" y=\"50%\"\n" + //
" font-size=\"60\"> SVG\n" + //
"</text>";
XMLAssert.assertFormat(content, expected, settings);

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Assert the edit coordinates in the new formatting cases.

These cases exercise attribute-splitting and line-joining edits, but they assert only the resulting document. Add expected TextEdit coordinates for the changed edit behavior. The current XMLAssert.assertFormat overload does not compare edits unless expected edits are supplied. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

As per coding guidelines: “assert the resulting document and, when range/edit behavior matters, the exact TextEdit coordinates.”

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Looks good. Thanks, Angelo!

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