(There's also an experimental `xml_tree_view()` in there by @timelyportfolio that we'll be adding features to at a pretty rapid pace.)<\/p>\n
Here's a screenshot of it in action:<\/p>\n
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There are options to change the CSS styling for the formatted code. Yep, it will format and highlight XML for you so it's easier to work with. There's an animated gif of a screencast over [on github](https:\/\/github.com\/hrbrmstr\/xmlview) as well.<\/p>\n
Once you perfect your `XPath` expression, hit the \"R\" button and it will generate the code you can copy back into RStudio. It understands namespaces but try not to stuff a huge XML document in there as browsers don't work well with large data elements (the viewer is an `htmlwidget` and is, hence, browser-based). <\/p>\n
It works with plain character XML\/HTML, and many `xml2` data types. I have no current plans for `XML` package object support but toss up an issue on github if you really need it (or, better yet, a PR). If there are other desired features (especially from educators), please post a request in github issue as well.<\/p>\n
Watch for more features in the coming weeks and a CRAN release once the bleeding edge `htmlwidgets` packages makes it to CRAN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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