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.