Changes are not reflected on XsltListViewWebPart when changing vwstyles.xsl

Question

I have a question regarding the vwstyles.xsl for XsltListViewWebPart. Basically I have a strange behavior, when I change the vwstyles.xls but not directly but by the fldtype_somename.xsl, the changes I perfrom are not reflected in the display. The change I do is quiet simple I just move a link to the top instead of the bottom, I'm sure that my file is loaded as i see it in the defenition and I see the xslt changes when I observe it with the SharePoint Developer, BUT no changes are applied on the webpart. It is really odd!

Anyone know why it isn't displayig changes? Althought I repeat when I see it in SharePoint Developer the changes which I made are present.

If i for example open a default XsltListViewWebPart xslt preview and perfomr there same change the display of the webpart will change, but not how I'm doing.

Here is the modified template:

    <xsl:if test="Toolbar[@Type='Freeform'] or ($MasterVersion=4 and Toolbar[@Type='Standard'])">
  <xsl:call-template name="Freeform">
    <xsl:with-param name="AddNewText">
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='104'">
          <!-- announcement-->
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.idHomePageNewAnnounce"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='101' or List/@TemplateType='115'">
          <!-- doc lib or form lib-->
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.Add_New_Document"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='103'">
          <!-- link -->
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.AddNewLink"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='106'">
          <!-- Event -->
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.AddNewEvent"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='119'">
          <!-- Wiki Library -->
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.AddNewWikiPage"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
          <xsl:value-of select="$Rows/@resource.wss.addnewitem"/>
        </xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:with-param>
    <xsl:with-param name="ID">
      <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='104'">idHomePageNewAnnouncement</xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='101'">idHomePageNewDocument</xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='103'">idHomePageNewLink</xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='106'">idHomePageNewEvent</xsl:when>
      <xsl:when test="List/@TemplateType='119'">idHomePageNewWikiPage</xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>idHomePageNewItem</xsl:otherwise>
      </xsl:choose>
    </xsl:with-param>
  </xsl:call-template>
</xsl:if>

<!-- Only if not doing the default view and toolbar type is standard (not freeform or none)-->
<xsl:if test="($IsGhosted = '0' and $MasterVersion=3 and Toolbar[@Type='Standard']) or $ShowAlways">
  <xsl:call-template name="ListViewToolbar"/>
</xsl:if>

<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
  <!-- not show ctx for survey overview-->
  <xsl:if test="not($NoCTX)">
    <xsl:call-template name="CTXGeneration"/>
  </xsl:if>
  <xsl:if test="List/@TemplateType=109">
    <xsl:call-template name="PicLibScriptGeneration"/>
  </xsl:if>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <xsl:if test="not($NoAJAX)">
        <iframe src="javascript:false;" id="FilterIframe{$ViewCounter}" name="FilterIframe{$ViewCounter}" style="display:none" height="0" width="0" FilterLink="{$FilterLink}"></iframe>
      </xsl:if>
      <table summary="{List/@title} {List/@description}" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" o:WebQuerySourceHref="{$HttpPath}&amp;XMLDATA=1&amp;RowLimit=0&amp;View={$View}" 
                      width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" dir="{List/@Direction}">
        <xsl:if test="not($NoCTX)">
          <xsl:attribute name="onmouseover">EnsureSelectionHandler(event,this,<xsl:value-of select ="$ViewCounter"/>)</xsl:attribute>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:if test="$NoAJAX">
          <xsl:attribute name="FilterLink">
            <xsl:value-of select="$FilterLink"/>
          </xsl:attribute>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:attribute name="cellpadding">
          <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="ViewStyle/@ID='15' or ViewStyle/@ID='16'">0</xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>1</xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:attribute name="id">
          <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$IsDocLib or dvt_RowCount = 0">onetidDoclibViewTbl0</xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
              <xsl:value-of select="concat($List, '-', $View)"/>
            </xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:attribute name="class">
          <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="ViewStyle/@ID='0' or ViewStyle/@ID='17'"><xsl:value-of select="$ViewClassName"/> ms-basictable</xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise><xsl:value-of select="$ViewClassName"/></xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
        </xsl:attribute>
        <xsl:if test="$InlineEdit">
          <xsl:attribute name="inlineedit">javascript: <xsl:value-of select="ddwrt:GenFireServerEvent('__cancel;dvt_form_key={@ID}')"/>;CoreInvoke('ExpGroupOnPageLoad', 'true');</xsl:attribute>
        </xsl:if>
        <xsl:apply-templates select="." mode="full">
          <xsl:with-param name="ShowSelectAllCheckbox" select="$ShowSelectAllCheckbox"/>
        </xsl:apply-templates>
      </table>
          <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$IsDocLib or dvt_RowCount = 0"><script type='text/javascript'>HideListViewRows("onetidDoclibViewTbl0");</script></xsl:when>
            <xsl:otherwise>
              <script type='text/javascript'><xsl:value-of select ="concat('HideListViewRows(&quot;', $List, '-', $View, '&quot;);')"/></script>
            </xsl:otherwise>
          </xsl:choose>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <xsl:if test="$dvt_RowCount = 0 and not (@BaseViewID='3' and List/@TemplateType='102')">
    <tr>
      <td>
         <table width="100%" border="0" dir="{List/@Direction}">
           <xsl:call-template name="EmptyTemplate" />
         </table>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </xsl:if>
</table>
<!-- rowlimit doesn't show page footer-->
<xsl:call-template name="pagingButtons" />

Answer 1

When an instance of a webpart is created it also creates an instance of the xsl.

You can manually update this I believe in the webpart settings or just remove and re-add the webpart.

Answer 2

See this thread by Jalali Shakib: Why is changing on VWSTYLES.XML file not taking effect when I run iisreset?.

I found it useful for this case. By changing both files and running iisreset, I can see the changes.