--- title: xml_space_before_self_closing description: Space before />. Unset keeps what each tag has, except in .slnx files, which always get one. Defaults to `(not set)` url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/reference/xml/layout/xml_space_before_self_closing --- # xml_space_before_self_closing Space before />. Unset keeps what each tag has, except in .slnx files, which always get one. ## Values | Value | Notes | |---------|-------| | `true` | | | `false` | | **Default:** `(not set)` Unset, each tag keeps whether it had a space, and several spaces become one. Solution files always get one, the shape Visual Studio writes. ### `xml_space_before_self_closing = true` ```ini xml_space_before_self_closing = true ```

```xml net10.0 Kept exactly as written: MSBuild reads this whitespace. ```

### `xml_space_before_self_closing = false` ```ini xml_space_before_self_closing = false ```

```xml net10.0 Kept exactly as written: MSBuild reads this whitespace. ```