Using xsl stylesheet with List View Web Part to display custom text

Question

I am using a custom xsl stylesheet in Sharepoint 2013 listview webpart using the "XSL Link" property.

The list view shows some items based on a filter. I want to display custom text such as "No Items" when there are zero items in the list view using the xsl stylesheet.

How do I achieve this? Part of the code of the custom xsl file is included below

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row" />
<table>
<xsl:for-each select="$Rows">
<xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview"></xsl:call-template> 
</xsl:for-each>
</table>
</xsl:template>

<xsl:template name="dvt_1.rowview">

<tr>
<td><img height="78" width="60"><xsl:attribute name="src"><xsl:value-of select="@Photo"/></xsl:attribute></img></td>
<td>
<table style="margin-left:10px;">
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="@FullName"/></td></tr>
<tr><td><xsl:value-of select="@DOBinWords"/></td></tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</xsl:template>

Answer 1

Hi Aparna,

You can create a condition to test for no rows

count($Rows) = 0

Then put this into a choose block

<xsl:choose>
    <xsl:when test="count($Rows) = 0">
        <span>No items</span>
    </xsl:when>
    <xsl:otherwise>
        <!--Things to do when there are rows -->
    </xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>

You full code for the / template would look like this

<xsl:template match="/" xmlns:x="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
    <xsl:variable name="Rows" select="/dsQueryResponse/Rows/Row" />
    <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test="count($Rows) = 0">
            <span>No items</span>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:otherwise>
            <table>
                <xsl:for-each select="$Rows">
                    <xsl:call-template name="dvt_1.rowview"></xsl:call-template> 
                </xsl:for-each>
            </table>                
        </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>