Hide Field on Initial Edit Form

Question

I have a field in my list that I would like to hide on the initial upload of the document, but not when the user tries to edit the properties of the document later. For example...

1. User uploads document
2. User edits metadata for first time (field not visible).
3. User saves document

At a later date....

1. User edits document properties (field is available).

Is there a way to do this somehow? Maybe using jquery and URL parameters? I tried setting the spfield.hidden property however that appears to do it for the whole list and not the specific listitem.

Answer 1

You can create a custom NewItem Form using SharePoint Designer and hide your field on it, that way it will still be visible on your edit item form but not on your new item form, here is a related answer.

Answer 2

You can hide the field using JQuery. Assume that the field name is Feedback. The follwing JQuery code will hide the field in the form:

var feedbackField = $("input[title=Feedback]");
feedbackField.parent().parent().parent().hide(); 

Source: http://sharepointnadeem.blogspot.in/2011/09/hide-sharepoint-list-field-based-on.html

Answer 3

The problem is, so far as SharePoint is concerned, it is a "new" item when you select the document and upload it, and then when you actually go to set the field values you are updating the existing item.

You may be able to get creative by setting a hidden property in an event receiver on the first update and then reading that in JQuery, or implementing logic based on creation date, etc.

Answer 4

Turn on versioning (if not needed, just restrict to max 1 verson). Check to ensure the doc is at v1 using jQuery/SPservices etc. Hide the field if version is equal to 1