What is the xslt mode binding for a choice field?

Question

Say I want to grab a choice field via xsl. What is the right binding for mode? I can't find this information anywhere, and I've tried everything in its place!

Text_body ?
Choice_body ?

MultiChoice_body ?

<xsl:template match="FieldRef[@Name='myChoice']" mode="Choice_body">
    <xsl:param name="thisNode" select="."/>
    <td class="someclass">{$thisNode/@myChoice}</td>
</xsl:template>

Does anyone have a clue?

[Later...] It's been awhile now, I guess this is a hard question.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 25 '12 at 12:45

In order to define Custom Rendering for a SPFieldChoice in template for mode attribute should be used value body

For example, if we apply for Tasks list that contains Status field (SPFieldChoice) the following XSLT style sheet

<xsl:template match ="FieldRef[@Name='Status']" mode="body">
    <xsl:param name="thisNode" select="."/>
    <xsl:choose>
            <xsl:when test="$thisNode/@Status='Not Started'">
                <img src="/_layouts/images/tasknotdone.gif"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$thisNode/@Status='In Progress'">
                <img src="/_layouts/images/taskpane.gif"/>
            </xsl:when>
            <xsl:when test="$thisNode/@Status='Completed'">
                <img src="/_layouts/images/taskdone.gif"/>
            </xsl:when> 
            <xsl:otherwise>
                <xsl:value-of select="$thisNode/@Status" />
            </xsl:otherwise>                
        </xsl:choose>
  </xsl:template>

the List View will be rendered as shown below

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Hope this helps,

Vadim

Hey! That did it! +1 solved! However, I like to use css, so instead of img tags, I inserted: <span class="statusRating3"></span> and then used my css to insert the icons as background images. — bgmCoder, Dec 25 '12 at 18:35

What is the xslt mode binding for a choice field?

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