XSL to customize XsltListViewWebPart - Sharepoint Foundation 2013

Question

I have created an external list. After it's rendered, link for each item looks like the following:

<a class="ms-listlink ms-draggable" onfocus="OnLink(this)" 
href="http://swsudc07:9100/_layouts/15/listform.aspx?PageType=4&amp;ListId=%7BE8157BAD%2D268D%2D4E14%2D877E%2D6F0227C86396%7D&amp;ID=__cg40000300k82000200020002000200530003000300030043003300&amp;ContentTypeID=0x0" 
onclick="EditLink2(this,1);return false;" target="_self" dragid="4" draggable="true">V-226STR</a>

I'd like to change the EditLink2 in onclick event to a modal dialog.

But I'm having problem finding the XSL.

I believe it's in fldtypes.xsl or vwstyles.xsl (path: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\XSL)

Could someone please shed some light..

Thanks very much!!

Answer 1

Why not just switch ON the Dialogs option for your list?

This option can be found here: List settings => Advanced settings => Dialogs => switch to "Yes"

Yes, I know, I know, external lists don't seem have "Advanced settings".

But you still can get there! Do the following:

1. Go to your external list settings page
2. From the address bar, copy out the List parameter
3. Go to some normal list, go to it's settings and go to the Advanced Settings page
4. Replace List=... part on this page with the part you copied from your external list. The url will be as follows: https://.../_layouts/15/start.aspx#/_layouts/15/advsetng.aspx?List=...
5. Wow, now you will be able to see Advanced settings of the external list! And though most of the options are missing there, Dialogs option is not!

I checked: this option does the work:

P.S. Stop using XSLT in SP2013. It's dead in 2013, really:

1. SPD Design View killed. No more easy generating XSLT.
2. Even though XSLT is still sort of "supported" in SP2013, in real life there are numerous bugs, which weren't there in SP2010. Reason is, they just don't test it anymore, and don't care I'm afraid. Because ALL data in SharePoint is now rendered via Client Side Rendering (CSR) by default!
3. CSR is really better. Not perfect, but better. At least it is JS-based, and world is constantly buzzing around JS, creating new JS libraries, frameworks, etc. JS is a trend. XSLT is a dead meat.

So if you want to change rendering in SP2013, start learning CSR ;)

Answer 2

In your scenario to change the rendering of a particular field you can use the new JS Link property, below is a very good article explaining how to do this,

http://www.rbradbrook.co.uk/Blog/Post/10/Introduction-to-Client-Side-Rendering-in-SharePoint-2013

Answer 3

Go to list settings and in URL replace "listedit.aspx" to "advsetng.aspx"