XSLT - XML Value as CSS Class

Question

I want to use data from XML to populate a class:

E.g.

<p class="<xsl:value-of select="a:Subject"/>">English</p>

Which would generate:

<p class="English">English</p>

IS this possible?

That is an HTML class, it has nothing to do with CSS (except that CSS can reference it). You might also want: lang="en". — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Sep 14, 2009 at 14:09
@David He is trying to add the class value which is coming from an XML document in the output of an XSLT transformation. — Thiyagaraj
– Thiyagaraj, Commented Sep 14, 2009 at 14:12
@Thiyagaraj — I know what he is trying to do. The value of an HTML class attribute is still an HTML class, not a CSS class. There is no such thing as a CSS class, except as a confusing phrase which sometimes means "An HTML class", sometimes means "A CSS class selector", sometimes means "A CSS selector of any kind" and sometimes means "A CSS rule-set". The term "CSS class" is confusing and should be avoided (especially when you can't get the context without clicking through from the list of questions to the actual question). — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Sep 14, 2009 at 14:21

Thiyagaraj · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 00:06:00Z

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Yes, it is possible, use the below code with Attribute Value Template

<p class="{a:Subject}">English</p>

edited Feb 3, 2011 at 0:06

user357812

answered Sep 14, 2009 at 14:05

Thiyagaraj

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Gregoire · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 07:58:42Z

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Yes via the <xsl:attribute>

Ex:

<xsl:template match="yourXPath">
  <p>
  <xsl:attribute name="class">
      <xsl:value-of select="a:Subject"/>
  </xsl:attribute>
  </p>
</xsl:template>

edited Feb 3, 2011 at 7:58

answered Sep 14, 2009 at 14:06

Gregoire

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2 Comments

user357812 Over a year ago

That empty attribute will rise an error, not because it's empty, but because it's output after a text node (xsl:value-of instruction). Maybe you want to put the xsl:value-of instruction inside the xsl:attribute one?

Gregoire Over a year ago

@Alejandro: yes, it was a big mistake from me. Corrected. Thx

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