WAB DE 2.7 json formatted strange?

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02-26-2018 09:08 PM
TimHayes
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I am using NotePad++ to edit my app's main config.json. When I open this file in NotePad++ it is formatted all on one line. This has never happened before in earlier versions of WAB DE json files. Here is a screenshot of what I see. Any ideas on if there is way to left justify the code? should I be using a different editor besides NotePad++? I tried ConTEXT and got the same results. 

I hope there is way to get the format so the code is assigned a line number like what I would expect from a json file? the current format makes it incredibly difficult to edit. 

This is with no WordWrap:

This is using WordWrap:

I want it to have the format like this config.json from one of my WAB DE 2.6 apps:

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
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Tim,

   In the newer WAB versions the config.json and some other files are minifed(uglified) on saving. This is expected behavior now. To Prettify your json in NotePad++ you need the 

JSToolNPP plugin or start using a full JS Editing IDE like Atom, Brackets or VisualStudio Code (which still require a beatify plugin but have more coding features).

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RobertScheitlin__GISP
MVP Legendary Contributor

Tim,

   In the newer WAB versions the config.json and some other files are minifed(uglified) on saving. This is expected behavior now. To Prettify your json in NotePad++ you need the 

JSToolNPP plugin or start using a full JS Editing IDE like Atom, Brackets or VisualStudio Code (which still require a beatify plugin but have more coding features).