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Preview your work in a browser (File > Preview in Browser)

Displaying repeating XML elements

The Repeat Region XSLT object lets you display repeating elements from an XML data source 
in a web page. For example, if you are displaying article titles and descriptions from a news 
feed, and that news feed contains between 10 and 20 articles, each title and description in the 
XML file would probably be a child element of a repeating element.

Any region in Design view containing an XML data placeholder can be turned into a repeated 
region. However, the most common regions are tables, table rows, or a series of table rows.

To learn more about how the Repeat Region XSLT object works with XML data, see 

To display repeating XML elements:

1.

In Design view, select a region that contains an XML data placeholder or placeholders.

The selection can be anything, including a table, a table row, or even a paragraph of text.

2.

Do one of the following

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Select Insert > XSLT Objects > Repeat Region.

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In the XSLT category of the Insert bar, click the Repeat Region button.

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When you preview your work using Preview in Browser, Dreamweaver performs an 
internal XSL transformation without the use of an application server. For more 
information, see 

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To select a region on the page precisely, you can use the tag selector in the lower-left 
corner of the Document window. For example, if the region is a table, click inside the 
table on the page, and then click the 

<table>

 tag in the tag selector.