List Element (List)

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05/05/2014

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Top-level element that contains the definition of a list.

<List
  BaseType = "Integer" | "Text"
  Default = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  DefaultItemOpen = "Integer"
  Description = "Text"
  Direction = "Text"
  DisableAttachments = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  DraftVersionVisibility = "Integer"
  EnableContentTypes = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  EnableThumbnails = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  EventSinkAssembly = "Text"
  EventSinkClass = "Text"
  EventSinkData = "Text"
  FolderCreation = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Id = "GUID"
  ModeratedList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ModerationType = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  Name = "Text"
  OrderedList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  PrivateList = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  QuickLaunchUrl = "URL"
  RootWebOnly = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  ThumbnailSize = "Integer"
  Title = "Text"
  Type = "Integer"
  Url = "URL"
  URLEncode = "TRUE" | "FALSE"
  VersioningEnabled = "TRUE" | "FALSE" 
  WebImageHeight = "Integer"
  WebImageWidth = "Integer">
</List>

Attributes

Attribute	Description
BaseType	Optional Text. The BaseType attribute can be set to Integer, which stores values as integers, or to Text (default), which stores values as text. Note that it is not possible to create integer base-type choice fields.
Default	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list referenced in the Onet.xml file be created whenever a site is created. Otherwise, the list will not be created during site creation but will be available for later instantiation.
DefaultItemOpen	Optional Boolean. 1 to specify that applications which generate server transformations of items in the list open the items in a browser rather than in a separate client-side application; otherwise, 0.
Description	Optional Text. Provides a description for the list. This attribute must be specified within a configuration in an Onet.xml file when adding a custom list definition to a site definition. The value of this attribute overrides the value contained with the DefaultDescription element of a Schema.xml file.
Direction	Required Text. Specifies the direction of the reading order for the list. Possible values include RTL (right-to-left), LTR (left-to-right), or none.
DisableAttachments	Optional Boolean. TRUE to disable attachments in the list.
DraftVersionVisibility	Optional Integer. Specifies the rights that are required to see drafts. The following values are possible: 1 Edit rights 2 Approval rights All other values Read rights
EnableContentTypes	Optional Boolean. TRUE to enable management of content types in lists created through the list definition.
EnableThumbnails	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that document parsers in this list generate thumbnail files that correspond to documents that are saved to this list. This attribute only applies to document libraries.
EventSinkAssembly	Optional Text. This option is specified only for schemas upgraded from Windows SharePoint Services 2.0. Specifies the strong name of a file in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) that provides an event handler for document library events. For example, Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c For more information, see Walkthrough: Handling Document Library Events. This attribute has been deprecated in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
EventSinkClass	Optional Text. Specifies the fully qualified, case-sensitive name of a class that defines an event handler for document library events in the form Namespace_Name.Class_Name. For more information, see Walkthrough: Handling Document Library Events. This attribute has been deprecated in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
EventSinkData	Optional Text. Contains an arbitrary string for use by an event handler for document library events. For more information, see Walkthrough: Handling Document Library Events. This attribute has been deprecated in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.
FolderCreation	Optional Boolean. TRUE to display the New Folder command on the New menu.
Id	Optional GUID. Specifies the GUID of the list.
ModeratedList	Optional Boolean. TRUE to require content approval for submitted items.
ModerationType	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list has moderation enabled, requiring an approval process when content is created or modified.
Name	Required Text. The internal name of a list.
OrderedList	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the option to allow users to reorder items in the list is available on the Edit View page for the list.
PrivateList	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list is private.
QuickLaunchUrl	Optional Text. Specifies the URL of the view page to open for the list through Quick Launch navigation.
RootWebOnly	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify that the list created from the definition exists only in the root Web site of a site collection.
ThumbnailSize	Optional Integer. Specifies the width of thumbnails to display in picture libraries.
Title	Required Text. The generic display name of the list.
Type	Optional Integer. Specifies the list template type of the list. The following values are the default list template types. 100 Generic list 101 Document library 102 Survey 103 Links list 104 Announcements list 105 Contacts list 106 Events list 107 Tasks list 108 Discussion board 109 Picture library 110 Data sources 111 Site template gallery 112 User Information list 113 Web Part gallery 114 List template gallery 115 XML Form library 116 Master pages gallery 117 No-Code Workflows 118 Custom Workflow Process 119 Wiki Page library 120 Custom grid for a list 130 Data Connection library 140 Workflow History 150 Gantt Tasks list 200 Meeting Series list 201 Meeting Agenda list 202 Meeting Attendees list 204 Meeting Decisions list 207 Meeting Objectives list 210 Meeting text box 211 Meeting Things To Bring list 212 Meeting Workspace Pages list 301 Blog Posts list 302 Blog Comments list 303 Blog Categories list 1100 Issue tracking 1200 Administrator tasks list This attribute corresponds to the Type attribute of the ListTemplate element.
Url	Optional Text. Specifies the path to the root of the directory that contains the ASPX files to which the list definition applies, relative to the root URL of the Web site.
URLEncode	Optional Boolean. TRUE to convert special characters, such as spaces, to quoted UTF-8 format, for example, %c3%ab for character ë.
VersioningEnabled	Optional Boolean. TRUE to specify within a Schema.xml file that versioning be enabled by default for document libraries created through the list definition. Setting this attribute has no effect on existing document libraries. If TRUE, versioning can still be disabled for a document library on the New Document Library page when the library is being created.
WebImageHeight	Optional Integer. Specifies the height, in pixels, of an image in a picture library.
WebImageWidth	Optional Integer. Specifies the width, in pixels, of an image in a picture library.

Child Elements

Data, MetaData

Parent Elements

None

Occurrences

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1

Remarks

When used as the root element in the schema file for a list, the List element must contain the Windows SharePoint Servicesows: namespace declaration. The following lines show the opening of a Schema.xml file for document libraries:

<List 
  xmlns:ows="Microsoft SharePoint" 
  Name="Documents" 
  Title="$Resources:shareddocuments_Title;" 
  Direction="$Resources:Direction;" 
  Url="Shared Documents" 
  BaseType="1">

In a list schema, the MetaData element contains the different parts of the list definition. Use an empty List element (<List />) to return the title of the current list.

In a site definition (Onet.xml), the List element does not contain a MetaData section, but it can contain a Data section through which to specify default column values for the given list type.