XSLT List View Web Part

Question

I cannot find XLV web part. Is it included in SharePoint 2010 by default or should be activated/added manually? What web part category should it be placed in?

Answer 1

When you add a list through "Lists And Libraries" you actually add a XSLTListViewWebPart.
The same if you choose "Page Tools -> Insert -> Existing Lists".

It is by default scoped to current SPWeb, if you want to create a web part of it you should be able to manually create a .webpart-file that points to a specific list (even on a different SPWeb).

You can also make your own web part and aggregate it, like this:

var listViewWebPart = new Microsoft.SharePoint.WebPartPages.XsltListViewWebPart
    {
        ListId = myList.ID
    };
Controls.Add(listViewWebPart);