SP 2010 - Use Standard EditForm.aspx as the default Display Form in a list

Question

SharePoint 2010 -

I am trying to set up a Calendar such that when a user clicks on an existing Calendar Item they immediately are in the Edit Form, not the Display Form. I can easily set a different form to be the default, but I do not see any way to set an Edit Form to be the default form for the Display Type. I attempted to change the in the EditForm.aspx:

http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2/ListForm">PAGE_EDITFORM</PageType> !--> http://schemas.microsoft.com/WebPart/v2/ListForm">PAGE_DISPLAYFORM

thinking that this might be what was controlling the Type of the form, but this did not work either, the Type still appears as Edit, not Display.

Any ideas? Is there just a place I have missed that allows this to be changed? So far searching has found nothing on this, at least not that I have found.

Thanks,

Bill Dewey

Answer 1

Here is some jQuery that would do the trick, using it to fix some corrupted calendars that keep pointing to the editform instead of the dispform. I've modified it for your situation.

Place this in a js file and store it in a document library on your site. Add a content editor web part on your desired page(s) and point the content link to the file.

<script type="text/javascript" src ="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() { 
   //find all hyperlinks in the table holding calendar links and 
   //change them to point at the display page instead of the edit page 
$("table[id^='CalViewTable']").find("a[href*='DispForm.aspx']").each(function(){
   var originalUrl = $(this).attr("href"); 
   var newUrl = originalUrl.replace("DispForm.aspx", "EditForm.aspx"); 
    $(this).attr("href", newUrl); 
}); 

$(".ms-cal-muworkitem").find("td[href*='DispForm.aspx']").each(function(){
   var originalUrl = $(this).attr("href"); 
   var newUrl = originalUrl.replace("DispForm.aspx", "EditForm.aspx"); 
    $(this).attr("href", newUrl); 
}); 


}); 

$("img[alt*='Month']").live('click',function(){
   var originalUrl = $(this).attr("href"); 
   var newUrl = originalUrl.replace("DispForm.aspx", "EditForm.aspx"); 
    $(this).attr("href", newUrl); 
}); 
</script>

Also in SharePoint Designer, if you select your list and right click it, you can go to the properties. In there, there will be a Supporting Files tab. You could set the default dispform to the editform.

Answer 2

I am assuming you have jQuery. Include the following code in either your Page or the Master Page:

<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function(){

    //Find each title of the event from the page.
    jQuery("div.ms-acal-title").find("a").each(function(){
        //Replace the DispForm with EditForm in the href of the a link.
        var aLink = jQuery(this);
        aLink.attr("href",aLink.attr("href").replace("DispForm.aspx","EditForm.aspx"));
    });

});
</script>