How to reformat JSON in Notepad++?

Question

I need Notepad++ to take a json string from this

{\"menu\": {\"id\": \"file\",\"value\": \"File\",\"popup\": {\"menuitem\": [{\"value\": \"New\", \"onclick\"         


        

Answer 1

I personally use JSON Viewer since the Notepad++ plugin doesn't work any more.

EDIT - 24th May 2012

I advise that you download the JSMin plugin for Notepad as mentioned in the answer. This works well for me in the latest version (v6.1.2 at time of writing).

EDIT - 7th November 2017

As per @danday74's comment below, JSMin is now JSToolNpp. Also, please be aware that the JSON Viewer tool is on Codeplex which will likely disappear in the near future.

Given the above, this answer is no longer relevant and you should use Dan H's answer instead. My answer is simply here for posterity.