How can I make XSLT work in chrome?

Question

I have an XML document here that is served with a corresponding XSL file. The transformation is left to be executed client-side, without JavaScript.

This works fine in IE (shock horror), but in Google Chrome, just displays the document's text nodes.

I know that it is possible to do client-side XSL in Chrome, as I have seen examples of it, but I am yet to be able to replicate this success myself

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

FYI - it doesn't work in FireFox either as-is. I was able to get it to work in FireFox by making either of the following changes:

1. Omit the XML declaration <xsl:output indent="yes" method="xml" media-type="text/xhtml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

2. Change your output method to "html" (which will omit the XML declaration): <xsl:output indent="yes" method="html" media-type="text/xhtml" />

3. BOTH CHANGES <xsl:output indent="yes" method="html" media-type="text/xhtml" omit-xml-declaration="yes" />

I'm also having trouble getting it to work in Chrome. I even tried adding the XHTML namespace to the output without success.

It looks like there may not be support for stylesheet processing instructions on XML files in Chrome at the moment...

Answer 2

Ooh, solved it!

You've gotta have an XHTML namespace declaration:

<xsl:stylesheet xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ... >

Now why is that not mentioned anywhere on the internet?

Answer 3

Check http://www.aranedabienesraices.com.ar

This site is built with XML/XSLT client-side. It works on IE6-7-8, FF, O, Safari and Chrome. Are you sending HTTP headers correctly? Are you respecting the same-origin policy?