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