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Quick launch is a configurable navigation element in SharePoint.

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Remove Link From Quick Launch Navigation Heading

Is it possible to to use quick launch headings as categories that aren't themselves links? I don't want the headings to be clickable. I've tried setting the web address to blank, javascript: return ...
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Quick Launch Flyout Width

On my root level site I currently have flyouts that are not appropriately sized for the links within them. I need to adjust the width of these flyouts so that the links within are not dropped to ...
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Open Quick Launch link in new window (CSOM)

How to add a link opening in a new window/tab to the quick launch menu using CSOM? There is some discussion about the server-side here and here but they are dealing with the Properties collection of ...
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How to show a different quick launch menu for each page

I am new to SharePoint so this may be a silly question but I haven't found anything online prior to posting this. I want to show a different quick launch (left hand menu) for each page in my ...
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How to hide the left-hand menu for a SharePoint Online Classic team site with new modern pages?

We have a number of historical classic team sites running in SharePoint Online which we are now creating new modern site pages and step by step plan to convert existing pages (in root site and all sub ...
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Hide quick launch sections on a specifc page using content editor

I have a SharePoint (2010) list page. I have already found a useful piece of code that works in content editor to hide the quick launch bar: <style type="text/css"> body #s4-...
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Showing more than 5 items under recent items SharePoint 2013 Quick Launch

In SharePoint 2013 site. the quick launch navigation shows 5 items by default in the recent items. And we need to increase that number to 8 or 10. I don't find any out of the box ways to do that and ...
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Quick Launch links inside my site template will keep referencing the original site, when I create a new subsite based on the site templete

I am facing a problem inside my Sharepoint Server 2013 enterprise: I have a Team sub-site, which have the following Quick Launch links:- Now I save this site as template. Then I create a new sub-...
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SharePoint quick launch customization

I am in process of exploring the options for creating quick launch navigation system in SharePoint 2013 on premise. Below is requirement of quick launch navigation. The navigation has to be nested up ...
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SharePoint 2013 Selected link not highlighted in quick launch and global navigation

I have a Dev and Prod environment. Everything is fine with Dev sites - selected links are highlighted in quick launch\top nav. But Prod sites do not reflect the same highlighting. I checked for ...
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How to add sublevel in quick launch

I'd like adding a sub level in my quick launch. I modified my master page <SharePoint:AspMenu id="V4QuickLaunchMenu" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" DataSourceId="QuickLaunchSiteMap" ...
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QuickLaunch Menu 'Edit Links' Not Working on Publishing Pages - SharePoint 2013

I have an issue with the not being able to edit the QuickLaunch navigation which only occurs on publishing pages (pages created based on page layouts) not system pages. The issue is that when I am on ...
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Missing quick launch on workflow initiation form

After creating a workflow in SharePoint Foundation 2010, the workflow initiation form is always missing the quick launch bar on the left side. There is only an empty div in the page source code ...
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Open Quick Launch links in new window programmatically

I have saved a team site solution in the gallery which lets the user create subsites. Now the user would like to open some quicklaunch links in a new window when the new subsite is created. How can ...
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How to hide recycle bin link in SharePoint?

I want to remove the link "Recycle bin" of that menu, but when I try to edit it, I can't see it in the editors option. Somebody know how to remove it from the menu?
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How to set a Quick Launch page so that only a group can see it in SharePoint (Office 365)

I'm currently in the process of writing an inventory page. I need it to be available on the Quick launch panel but to only be visible to a group of users I've created. This is the current Quick launch ...
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Customized links for translated navigation

Since the update which allows for direct translation of the navigation, rather than the old method based upon language settings of the editor, it seems no longer possible to use a different link for ...
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Can we show Quick Launch menu in SharePoint 2019 (communication site) modern page like classic site?

I am using the SharePoint server 2019 communication site (modern UI on-prem). I want to show a Quick Launch menu (Current Navigation) on the left side like a classic site. Is it possible to show the ...
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SharePoint designer custom form link not working properly when added in quick launch

I am using SharePoint Online classic team site. I have created a custom form with the help of SharePoint Designer 2013 that helps me to add item in SharePoint List. I have added the link of that ...
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Current Navigation/Left Navigation Display Issue

I have a SharePoint 2013 site which has multiple subsites in it. The existing subsites have the quick launch showing on each of the page. I have created new subsite and for this new subsite the ...
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SharePoint modern quick launch not showing until refresh

When I open a subsite in SharePoint modern experience, the quick launch on the side does not show. As soon as I refresh the page, it shows. I have tried multiple things, all of which are not working.
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quick launch for to open a newform.aspx with modal dialog box

I am working on Sharepoint 2013..I would like to use the quick launch for to open a newform.aspx with modal dialog box and all tests i realized don't work.
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How to change the SharePoint Quick Launch order In C#?

In SharePoint client side object model using C# how to change the order of quick launch in site. I need to get the landing page of SharePoint and check the order in quick launch and set the order to ...
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Collapse and expand Quick Launch in SharePoint Online

Is there an easy way (without writing code) to have headings on the Quick Launch so when you click the heading, it will reveal links? And when you click the heading again, it will roll up those links?...
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Quick Launch URLs not updating after Export\Import feature

I am trying to create a site in SharePoint 2016 using export-spweb import-spweb through Powershell. Everything is working fine except the URLs of Item in Left Navigation\Quick launch. The issue is ...
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Is there a way inside my Quick Launch links to identify the link which have the same name as the current site Title, and change its color

I am working on sharepoint server 2013 on-premises. and inside my team site collection, i have around 30 sub-sites,and all the sub-sites share the same Quick launch navigation structure as follow:- ...
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SharePoint Quick Launch item not highlighted on click

There are a number of links to lists/document libraries in the SharePoint Quick Launch on the left of the screen. All of the links are clickable and accessible, however, the 'News' item, when clicked ...
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List Schema, change the direction from LTR (default) to RTL Quick Edit

How can I change the view of Quick Edit from LTR to RTF. I tried using CSS. but it messes up the cells. The edit box are not appearing. Then I saw "List Schema" with Direction properties set to None. ...
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Quick Launch not visible for user with permissions to certain pages and libraries

I have a SP 2013 site that is made up of several libraries, lists, and site pages. I have been requested to give a certain group of users access to certain components of the site. Those components are ...
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Different views on a single link in Quicklaunch

Good morning everyone! I have a conception/ view issue What i have I have a Library, let's call it "MyLibrary". For this library, I have defined different views. the default is as usual AllItems ...
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How to stop “Site Members” group modifying Quick Launch or Top Nav in SharePoint 2013

With the standard groups and permission levels how do you stop "Site Members" modifying the Quick Launch or Top link bar in SharePoint 2013 (This related post answers the question for 2007 and 2010, ...
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Second Navigation on the left side

How do I add a second navigation on the left side of my page below the quick launch? Our company is in the process of implementing the new version of sharepoint (2013 foundation) and they would like ...
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How To "Add New Item" On Quick Launch & Refresh Page

On a SharePoint 2010 site how can I create an "Add New Item" link to the quick launch that will refresh the parent page when the new item is submitted? I have used the following snippet to create the ...
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My Links in sharepoint 2013

How to configure the my links like quick launch whatever links are my favorite i need to configure in the quick links. Please help to to achieve this in SharePoint 2013.
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Quich launch with siblings and items below siblings

How can I configure (change or develop) quick launch in SharePoint 2013 so that it displays the current site and items below current site, and current site's siblings AND items below currents site's ...
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REST API call Cross-Domain to My Site Personal Site Quick Launch Links

Hoping someone can help me with a concept I am trying to accomplish. Scenario Basically I need to replicate (on a Publishing Portal) the Add/Edit Links in the left navigation of My Site Host (My ...
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Moving position in quicklaunch SPNavigationNodeCollection

This is my code to reorder the QuickLaunch Navigation Nodes Position. I am using the SharePoint 2013. public void 2013NodeOrders(string siteUrl, string quickLaunch) { ...
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Why the security trimming doesn't apply?

It seems that the security trimming doesn't apply for the Quick Launch in SharePoint 2013. I've created 2 lists with broken role inheritance and assigned permissions to a different group for each ...
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Sharepoint 2013 Quick Launch fly out menu formatting

I have setup a fly-out menu in Quick Launch the funtionality works fine. However, many of the items are wrapping and the window that pops up is undersized. I was able to resolve that on the Top Menu ...
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SharePoint 2010 Navigation error: An unexpected error occured while manipulating the navigational structure of this Web, August 2012 CU

has anyone experienced/fixed this problem in their environment? Our publishing site has the August 2012 Cumulative Update installed and has been running fine for over a month. Now, since the site has ...
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Quick Launch not visible in extended site

I have enabled quick Launch for a wiki site. This works fine for the base site but it is not visible in Extended site. What are the possible reasons for this? I created another wiki site and enabled ...
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Quicklaunch gone in SP2010 with 2007 visual design

I have an odd problem: An upgraded 2010 installation was working fine for a year or so - and as always "nothing" was changed recently (a small webpart was deployed). Most of the Site collection (with ...
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SharePoint Modern Page - Quick Launch - Any way to add borders around the links?

I've been tasked to try and recreate an html hard-coded navigation menu onto an SP Modern Team Site homepage. The functionality (cascading sublinks) is already there, which is great. But I need to ...
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Multiple level quick launch navigation

I know I can achieve a 2-level navigation, but can I add next level? So that I can have 02_Management report -> 99_Knowledge base -> 01_Main principle?
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Unable to create subheading or child heading in Quicklaunch section in SharePoint online modern site

I am trying to create a below Navigation structure in the Quick launch available in my sharepoint online modern site. Heading1 Link1 Subheading1 SubLink1 SubLink2 Link2 Link3 Heading2 ...
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Quick launch menu - last 2 visited links stay "visited"

a strange thing happened to us. In the left-menu, when you visit 2 links then they stay with property of "active", having blue font and grey background. It doesn't happen on another sites, ...
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SharePoint Online quick lunch expand button doesn't always work (sometimes has to be clicked twice at least to work)

Has anyone encountered the issue, when they have expandable links in their SPO quick lunch navigation (you know, with up / down arrows to expand / collapse sublevel links, that the sub-content doesn't ...
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SharePoint Online Modern auto expand quick launch via spfx

Has anyone figured out how this company was able to achieve the auto expand the quick launch via spfx? https://www.tecconsult.at/products/sharepoint-auto-expand-left-navigation/ I can't seem to ...
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Hide quick launch for specific group permission

I have a list which contains multiple users that they will access it from 2 different groups permissions, Members (Read Only), Visitors(View Only). What I have tried to do: When they are assigned to ...
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SharePoint 2010 quciklaunch Accordion

I am trying to make SharePoint site quick launch to accordion using the below code. Everything works fine but when i click on the plus sign as shown in fig and then click on the sub menu item it takes ...
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