 row styles a row style is an individual style to display only an individual record within a view you can choose between node or fields  for example a node type view would display one node per row a user type view would display one user per row when you choose fields  you must have entries in the fields section to produce an output to set some options for fields read here  some row styles use fields which means you may select from the available fields to display others row styles do not they are able to use the base type and create a display usually row styles that do not use fields produce less efficient slower views so bear this in mind when contemplating the performance of your site when you choose node the complete node will display through drupal s standard nodeview  function you can choose some options   