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I'm a bit confused as to why Sharepoint designer doesn't show all of the forms for a document library... If I open the document library in SPD, I get the following: enter image description here

However, If I navigate to the Document Library in the browser, and click "modify view in sharepoint desginer(advanced)", it brings me to this page: enter image description here

Which, if I click on "forms" in the breadcrumbs above, takes me to this page: enter image description here

Why wouldn't SPD just show me all of these? It seems convoluted that I have to access the forms in this way. I can't access allItems.aspx in any other way, unless you guys know another.

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Actually, on the first image that you posted, the forms are separated from the views. You're looking for a view, so you should look at the top right of the page. It's just a way for SPD to organize pages according to their usage.

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You can also view all the forms/views together if you click "All Files" from the left navigation in SPD, then click the name of your list/library, then click Forms. So you don't really need to open SP for that.

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  • That makes sense, what I don't fully understand is the View "all documents" is an HTML page. But, if I go to "All Items", it is an aspx page.
    – Sabien Ambrose
    Dec 28, 2016 at 18:38
  • It just says HTML in the UI, but it is in fact .aspx as SharePoint won't use plain HTML pages for its content as it uses server controls inside.
    – Mohamed Derhalli
    Dec 28, 2016 at 18:52
  • can I add scriptlinks to the aspx? if so, where should i add them?
    – Sabien Ambrose
    Dec 28, 2016 at 19:08
  • This is a SharePoint view. You can edit the view in browser, and add a script editor webpart, add your scripts there.
    – Mohamed Derhalli
    Dec 28, 2016 at 19:10
  • Pardon my ignorance, but if I add the script editor to the document library's page... And then put the document library on some page, will the script still run on said page?
    – Sabien Ambrose
    Dec 28, 2016 at 19:19

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