ViewStyle Element (List)

Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

Contains the definition of a view style for a list.

<ViewStyle
  BaseType = "Integer" | "Text"
  Description = "Text"
  DisplayName = "Text"
  ID = "Counter"
  Preview = "Text"
  Type = "Integer">
</ViewStyle>

Attributes

Attribute

Description

BaseType

Optional. Specifies the base type of the list. The BaseType attribute can be set to Integer, which stores values as integers, or to Text (default), which stores values as text.

Description

Optional Text. Contains a description for the view style.

DisplayName

Required Text. Specifies the display name of the view style.

ID

Required Counter. Specifies the ID that uniquely identifies the view style.

Preview

Optional Text. Specifies the site-relative path to a preview image for the view style. For example, _layouts/images/prvpicl.gif.

Type

Optional Integer. Specifies the list definition type.

Child Elements

Element

GroupByFooter, GroupByHeader, PagedClientCallbackRowset, PagedRecurrenceRowset, PagedRowset, ScriptViewBidiHeader, ViewBody, ViewEmpty, ViewFields, ViewFooter, ViewHeader

Parent Elements

View Element (List), ViewStyles

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1 (Unbounded within ViewStyles)

Example

The following example outlines the sections contained within the Boxed view style of a ViewStyles.xml file.

<ViewStyle ID="13" DisplayName="Boxed" BaseType="0">
   <ViewFields />
   <GroupByHeader>
   ...
   </GroupByHeader>
   <GroupByFooter>
   ...
   </GroupByFooter>
   <ViewHeader ExpandXML="TRUE">
   ...
   </ViewHeader>
   <ViewBidiHeader ExpandXML="TRUE">
   ...
   </ViewBidiHeader>
   <ViewBody ExpandXML="TRUE">
   ...
   </ViewBody>
   <ViewFooter ExpandXML="TRUE">
   ...
   </ViewFooter>
   <PagedRowset>
   ...
   </PagedRowset>
   <PagedRecurrenceRowset>
   ...
   </PagedRecurrenceRowset>
   <RowLimit Paged="TRUE">100</RowLimit>
   <ViewEmpty>
   ...
   </ViewEmpty>
   ...
</ViewStyle>

See Also

Other Resources

List Views