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# Associating a Standard List Controller with a Visualforce Page

Using a standard list controller is very similar to using a standard controller. First you set the `standardController` attribute on the `<apex:page>` component, then you set the `recordSetVar` attribute on the same component.

For example, to associate a page with the standard list controller for accounts, use the following markup:

```visualforce
<apex:page standardController="Account" recordSetVar="accounts">
```

**note:** When you use the `standardController` attribute on the `<apex:page>` tag, you can’t use the `controller` attribute at the same time.

The `recordSetVar` attribute not only indicates that the page uses a list controller, it sets the variable name of the record collection. This variable can be used to access data in the record collection.