Question

I am using Eclipse 3.7.2, when editing a XML file and typing e.g.

<test>

I would expect Eclipse to automatically add

</test>

but it doesn’t. Is this the default behaviour? Is there an autocomplete option for XML I can enable?

Thanks for any hint!

Answer 1

Probably you haven’t correctly set XML editor. You should set default XML editor.
Go to eclipse settings in:

Windows > Preferences > General > Editors > File Associations 

and choose default editor for XML files (*.xml) from existing associated editors list suitable for XML syntax. Mark that, if *.xml file type isn’t showed you should add that entry by own.

If it won’t work you can use XML plugin, for example: Rinzo XML

You can also choose editor for file from package explorer. For that click right on file and:

Open with

then choose suitable editor.