For list view you can select different templates, amongst which you can find already installed Blog and Table, while you can download
List template, very simple template, that enumerates all item fields inside a <li>.
List view serves to display your search results and it depends on what kind of template you select:
- No template (-Disable List Template-) will use default Intro layout of the content that conform to search results, and in this case Item layout will be grayed out. There are also other 2 (3) list templates, which will allow you to select list layout.
- If you select Blog template, you will see in List view: "# There is no Position available for this view." in which case you can use Item layout to select fields for your list results.
- If you select Table template, you will get column positions, which you can use to display your fields. Using this template, Item layout will be grayed out.
One other thing, List&Search views are not to be confused with 4 content type views; L&S views are used to filter, order and display the content according to certain search conditions, in a list, blog or table manner. If you open any of the content from the results in a single view, it will again use it's Content type Content view.