Conditionally display a CEWP depending on form content type?

Question

I have a request list with different content types set up for different types of request. I would like to show a different CEWP at the top of each form depending on which type of request is being made. I do not have access to SharePoint Designer. Is there another way to create different .aspx pages for different content types? OR can I conditionally show different CEWPs on the single newform.aspx? Currently I link to the different content types NewForm.aspx by appending the content type ID to the URL. Thanks

Answer 1

Unless you create your own URL to NewForm.aspx without parameters,
the ContentTypeId is by default present as a QueryString parameter.

So you can add some JavaScript to that single NewForm.aspx (edit in advanced mode) just before the table of the form, that matches by ContentTypeId and prints a header.

If you don't have SharePoint Designer add a ContentEditorWebPart above the Form in the page.

<script>
    JSRequest.EnsureSetup();//proces all parameters from the URL Query String
    var ctID=JSRequest.QueryString['ContentTypeId'];//get the ContentTypeId from the URL
    var titles={
        '0x0100223....010019ABEA5C55C59D4383F98D5A938894D8' : 'Expense',
        '0x0100223....02006C9B8D0CCE23024EA3A01C9A93FAFBB3' : 'Invoice',
    };
    //get a defined Title or the CTId when it isn't defined
    var title = titles[ctID] || ctID;
    //directly write the Title in the document (so the CEWP must be at the top)
    document.write( String.format('<h1 title="{1}">New: {0}</h1>', title,ctID ));
</script>

Always get the correct ContentTypeId

After pageload the ContentType info is always present in:

WPQ2FormCtx.ItemContentTypeId
and
WPQ2FormCtx.ItemContentTypeName

But you better make sure you reference the correct WebPart (WPQ2 most of the time)