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CHOICE element (List)

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Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Used to define a choice within a Choice field.

<CHOICES>
  <CHOICE
    Value = "Text">
  </CHOICE>
  <CHOICE
    Value = "Text">
  </CHOICE>
  ...
</CHOICES>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute Description
Value
Optional Text. Specifies the display text for the choice.
The value can be a reference to a resource in the format $Resources:String. However, choice values are not supported by the multilingual user interface (MUI). Choice values are initialized in the default language of the website and do not change when a user switches to an alternate language supported by the site.

Child elements

None

Parent elements

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: Unbounded

Remarks

Remember that CAML is case-sensitive; the CHOICE and CHOICES elements are in all capital letters.

The CHOICE element contains the value within its body.

Example

The following example defines a Choice field with three choices.

<CHOICES>
  <CHOICE>Not Started</CHOICE>
  <CHOICE>In Progress</CHOICE>
  <CHOICE>Completed</CHOICE>
</CHOICES>