This is a really simple little thing. I end up writing little functions like this all the time, and never think much about them. But they are darn useful. This little function will hide a list column’s row in the form. You might want to do this on a NewForm but not the EditForm, for…
The other day I tweeted: It seems hardly an hour goes by in the day when I don't see something that could be more efficient – with no cost in jobs. — Marc D Anderson (@sympmarc) October 12, 2011 Dan Dragnea called me on it, fairly enough: @sympmarc sorry, I was curious how increased efficiency…
Do you have any lists in SharePoint where the forms seem to go on and on, marching down the page, seemingly ad infinitum? I’ve seen lists which have over a hundred, even over 300 columns. This is a horrible thing to do to your users for so many reasons, but one of the primary reasons…
Modal dialogs are great! They reduce postbacks! They pop up! And they may drive your users batty if they aren’t used to them. They can also get in the way if you want to understand the DOM for the forms while you are customizing them. Modal dialogs are great if they serve a good UI…
This is a little one, but still really useful. There may be times that you need to add Web Parts to the default SharePoint list forms and you aren’t allowed to use SharePoint Designer. The most common reason you might want to do this is to add a Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) to the…