Add different button to list item to EDIT

Question

Here's my newest situation: The people I report to don't like the EDIT button on SharePoint list items, and want to create a new, custom button for people to edit list items. They'll even accept a link (with custom text, like CLICK HERE, etc).

Here's what I've done so far: In SPD, I've created a Custom Action in the list item menu. This makes the option come up upon clicking the ellipsis.

But, is there a way to make this come up in the list in its own column, the same way the current edit or ellipsis does?

Answer 1

You can Enable Context Menu on a Column using PowerShell.

#PowerShell to Enable Context Menu on a Column
#==============================================
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  
#Set Configuration Parameters
$webURL = "http://webUrl/"
$listName = "ListName"
$fieldName="ColumnName" #Display Name of the Field
  
#Get the Web, List, Item and User objects
$web= Get-SPWeb $WebURL
$list= $web.Lists[$listName]
  
#Get the column from List
$field = $list.Fields[$fieldName]
 
#Update Field Settings
$field.ListItemMenu = $True
$field.ListItemMenuAllowed = "Required"
$field.Update()
$list.Update()

Update: You can do the same using SPD by updating the field like this.

<FieldRef Name="ColumnName" LinkToItem="TRUE" ListItemMenu="TRUE" />

Also, if you make "Title (linked to item with edit menu)" field available from list settings it should show the context menu.