The <xsl:sort>
element defines a sort key for nodes selected by <xsl:apply-templates>
or <xsl:for-each>
and determines the order in which they are processed.
Syntax
<xsl:sort select=EXPRESSION order="ascending" | "descending" case-order="upper-first" | "lower-first" lang=XML:LANG-CODE data-type="text" | "number" />
Required Attributes
None.
Optional Attributes
select
- Uses an XPath expression to specify the nodes to be sorted.
order
- Specifies whether the nodes should be processed in "
ascending
" or "descending
" order. The default is "ascending
".
case-order
- Indicates whether upper- or lowercase letters are to be ordered first. The allowable values are "
upper-first
" and "lower-first
".
lang
- Specifies which language is to be used by the sort.
data-type
- Defines whether items are to be ordered alphabetically or numerically. The allowable values are "
text
" and "number
" with "text
" being the default.
Type
Subinstruction, always appears as a child of <xsl:for-each>, where it must appear before the template proper or of <xsl:apply-templates>.
Defined
XSLT, section10.
Gecko support
Supported.