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title: <xsl:apply-templates>
slug: Web/XSLT/Element/apply-templates

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The <xsl:apply-templates> element selects a set of nodes in the input tree and instructs the processor to apply the proper templates to them.

Syntax

<xsl:apply-templates select=EXPRESSION mode=NAME>
  <xsl:with-param> [optional]
  <xsl:sort> [optional]
</xsl:apply-templates>

Required Attributes

None.

Optional Attributes

• select

  • : Uses an XPath expression that specifies the nodes to be processed. An asterisk(*) selects the entire node-set. If this attribute is not set, all child nodes of the current node are selected.

• mode

  • : If there are multiple ways of processing defined for the same node, distinguishes among them.

Type

Instruction, appears within a template.

Defined

XSLT section 5.4.

Gecko support

Supported.