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title: <xsl:attribute-set>
slug: Web/XSLT/Element/attribute-set

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The <xsl:attribute-set> element creates a named set of attributes, which can then be applied as whole to the output document, in a manner similar to named styles in CSS.

Syntax

<xsl:attribute-set name=NAME use-attribute-sets=LIST-OF-NAMES>
  <xsl:attribute>
</xsl:attribute-set>

Required Attributes

• name

  • : Specifies the name of the attribute set. The name must be a valid QName.

Optional Attributes

• use-attribute-sets

  • : Builds an attribute set from other attribute sets. The names of the contributing sets must be separated with whitespace characters and must not directly or indirectly embed themselves.

Type

Top-level, must be the child of <xsl:stylesheet> or <xsl:transform>.

Defined

XSLT, section 7.1.4.

Gecko support

Supported.