Tuesday, November 3, 2009

View formatted XML in Google Chrome

I have been using Google Chrome for a while. It's fast, have slick UI and customizable with Themes.
One of the drawbacks, for me, in Chrome is that it cannot display XML in a  formatted manner as IE or FF.
Searching the web, I found this nice plug-in for Chrome by moonty.

Here are the steps to use this plug-in:
  1. Download developer version of Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=devchannel
  2. Change shortcut/link for Chrome to include " --enable-extensions"
    Example: "C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Windows Username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-extensions
  3. Start Chrome
  4. Download extension while in Chrome http://files.getdropbox.com/u/598146/xmltree.crx
  5. To test, go to http://w3schools.com/xml/note.xml
Note: To view your current extensions: chrome://extensions/