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With introduction of "Modern Experience" Microsoft created the term "Classic Experience" for the look and feel of SharePoint 2013 and SharePoint 2016 sites. SharePoint 2019 is the first SharePoint on premise providing Classic Experience sites as alternative for default "Modern Experience" sites as known from SharePoint Online.

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Document Set in Classic Experience: Trying to use an SPWeb object that has been closed or disposed and is no longer valid

When I click on a SharePoint Classic experience document set in a document library, the following error shows (German): "Trying to use an SPWeb object that has been closed or disposed and is no ...
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SharePoint Classic UI Web Part Page Field Filter error: Not all property values could be saved: An error occurred

I want to add a page field filter web part to a docsethomepage.aspx of a document set content type. It doesn't let me fill out the greyed out property "Choose Column from list where the current ...
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Open classic form on modern list when clicking the New button

Can someone help me understand how I can do that? We have this behaviour on a site in our tenant. I not able to reproduce on another site. This article mention that I can set the ContentType....
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SharePoint deleting html attribute

I want to put a multilevel accordion based on this : https://codepen.io/gamechci669/pen/VwEKpbb When I edit the HTML code on my page, lines with attributes "for" lose this! For example: <...
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SharePoint custom forms are slow and unresponsive

Since September our SharePoint Custom forms (created with SP designer) became extremely slow, often unresponsive. They have been working fine for 5 years. I guess Microsoft is changing something. Does ...
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in SP19 classic Is there a way to display missing items

I have 3 lists, first is a list of possible items, second is a list of people and the third is list of which people have what items. I am trying to find a way to display which items people do not have....
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How does SharePoint determine WebPart Location for Classic Site page?

I am trying to write a program which migrates classic sharepoint site pages to a different site/tenant. I am using this code to import: var deslimitedWebPartManager = destFile.GetLimitedWebPartManager(...
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When creating a subsite using custom template in SPO Classic Site, Does the id of html elements change?

I have a SPO Classic site. In of the forms, I have CEWP that needs to access the html elements present in the page. Now this site will be used as template. I wish to know if the code will continue to ...
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Insert static text into list form

Is there a way to add static text into a list form (new, display and edit) ? For example, put some field under a text "Part One", and place a "Part Two" for the next last fields. ...
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Hide show text field based on multiple checkboxes - Problem getting ticked checkbox value

I'm trying to show/hide fields on a SP2016 classic on-Prem Form. I have 4 checkbox (ChBx1 to 4) hiding/showing their own text field (ChBx Text), but there's one text field (ChBx Text All) common to ...
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Cascading dropdown focused on specific value

I have a list A with column Country, and a column Cities. I'm creating a library B with a column Cities, in which I want to see only the Cities only for a specific country, referring the values of my ...
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Creating a hyperlink from a variable value (from another column) - SP2019

Is it possible to create a hyperlink in SharePoint 2019 (classic list) so that it contains data from a different column? I have an ID column that contains information that I would like to ...
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Add content editor in datasheet view

I'm using SharePoint 2016 classic view. I want to edit a Datasheet view on a library, like it's possible for "classic" views. For example, I sometime add a content editor on some "...
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List item approval with conditional column

I have a list where I put a value on a date column: =Date>=TODAY()+20 so the item created must have a date more than 20 days after today. Those items must be approved by some users. But the problem ...
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Disable dropdown selection in newform aspx

I have below code which hide the dropdown but I want to disable it or greyout the selection <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.js" type="text/javascript"></...
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Custom color of list view text sum when greater than 0

I have various list view web parts on a classic Sharepoint 365 page showing the sum of a column. I have adjusted the width and height so that only the sum shows. I want to be able to have that sum # ...
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Calculated Total in Descending Order - view in Group By

Is it possible to sort in descending order the calculated total based on group by? See pic below:
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Unable to edit SharePoint top navbar links

I have an older classic SharePoint team site where users have created some modern pages. I can't seem to edit these links that have appeared in the top left. They seem to only appear on the modern ...
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How to view 'recent activity' in a SharePoint 2010 document library?

I have been googling this for a few days, but results only pertain to the feature in SharePoint Online: File activity in a document library https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/file-activity-in-...
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Unable to add Site Page under SharePoint Online Site Pages Library

I am using the SharePoint Online Classic site. I need to add Modern Site Page under the Site Pages library. I have tried to add a new page under the Site Pages library. But the add Site Page option is ...
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Open Lookup Column hyperlink List Item in full window instead of modal dialog (SharePoint Online, Classic View)

I have several lists (task list, issue list, custom lists) with a lookup column to a different list. The lookup column displays as a hyper link to the other list item. However, when clicked it opens ...
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When Browsing on a Specific WFE, How do I Prevent Links From Directing me to the Public URL?

Name Value Public URL https://Public.my.domain Web Front End 1 WFE01.my.domain Web Front End 2 WFE02.my.domain When browsing with the address https://WFE02.my.domain, hover over any link. The ...
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Web Part Page Issue

I am currently displaying a SharePoint List in a Web Part page, and have selected the "Display Search Box" miscellaneous option. I want to utilize the Summary View as it stretches the ...
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Refiners not working for custom search results web part in SharePoint Online Multi-Geo tenant

We have a SharePoint Online tenant with 5 Geo tenants. Users have their profiles in different Geo tenants. We also have 2 custom properties set in each user profile. We mapped crawl properties for ...
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SharePoint O365 Classic Library - Color Code Cell with no CEWP/Script Editor

First, I know if I use the Modern experience in my library in SP O365 this would resolve my conditional formatting issue. However, if I can find a solution that does not require a CEWP/Script Editor, ...
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Child items are not inheriting the metadata from Document Set

I have a classic document library with around 8K items in it. For a few of the document sets, the child items are not inheriting the metadata of the parent even though all the columns are shared ...
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Convert Document Library from Classic to Modern

I have inherited a SharePoint site that was initially created in the Classic SharePoint format. I am in the process of changing everything over to the Modern SharePoint version but there is one ...
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How to create an email workflow in classic sharepoint online

I have made my workflows for a classic list using sharepoint designer 2010 which got deprecated now. How can I create new workflows in my classic sharepoint list now.
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SharePoint Online - User experience

I have a question with regards to "User experience" settings in SharePoint. When I grant access to user for a specific library or folder, he can access that library or folder but the user ...
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Custom banner overlapping the page

I am trying to add a custom banner to the SharePoint Online Page (Classic experience). Unfortunately, the banner is overlapping other elements of the page. This is what I am doing: Created the code ...
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SharePoint web part connection (SharePoint 2019 classic page)

Is there a way to connect two web parts, but if the Select column is not selected (Send first row to connected Web Parts when page loads turned OFF) to have the connected web part display all ? So, if ...
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HTML Table for Column Description?

Is it possible to insert a small HTML table for the column descriptions. I have a bunch of acronyms that I use the description to have the definition of what they represent, and instead of having them ...
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How to convert SharePoint classic page to SharePoint 2019 on-premises modern page?

Is there any way to convert classic page to modern page in SharePoint 2019 On-Premises? Actually, I have a classic page with added webparts and I want to convert that page into modern. Any ideas?
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Can webpart title style in classic pages

Can we style the all Web part title in SharePoint classic page like below same class?
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How to hide the columns of one list when you have two lists on the page?

How can I hide the columns of a specific list. When I have 2 lists on my page. this code below hides the columns of all the lists. #WebPartCaptionWPQ9 tr.ms-viewheadertr { display: none }
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Trying to grab the current search query value from Search Box input using Javascript (SharePoint 2013)

I have a SP Web Part search box on a number of pages and, in order to create a link that load a page with that search box auto-populated with the existing search, I've been using JS. I've managed to ...
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Disable "Send an email notification invitation" when sharing a SharePoint site with external parties with Microsoft account

I am trying to "uncheck" the "Send an email invitation" checkbox that is ticked by default while you try to grant access to something on SharePoint. 50% of the email addresses, I ...
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SPO - User stuck in "Classic Experience" on some sites

All settings are defaults (so it should prefer Modern), I even changed one list explicitly to Modern but it still shows as Classic for her. When she clicks the "Exit classic experience" link ...
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Does the "discussion board" application send a invitation to every team member?

I recently had a unfortunate experience when adding Yammer to our company Intranet in SharePoint Online. After creating a new discussion, a invitation had been sent to everyone in the company. I want ...
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SharePoint Online: Open up HTML files in browser

Before when I used SharePoint 2013, opening HTML files would open up in the browser and my JavaScript code works. Recently, my organization switched to SharePoint Online and I noticed the HTML files ...
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How to run PowerShell command from SharePoint Script Editor?

I want to run PowerShell command (any command) from SharePoint Script Editor. Please let me know how can I achieve it? I use the below script to lunch notepad, just to test it, and even it doesn't ...
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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'isNullOrUndefined' of undefined from sp.core.js

My SharePoint 2019 classic page is not displaying list view webpart items (refreshing the page for multiple times will show the list view webpart items). When I checked the browser console found the ...
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Migrating from SP2016 to cloud: Modern vs. Classic

My client (a U.S. Navy command) is currently using SP2016 On-Premises. They have been told that SharePoint Online will soon be available for them to migrate to. I have read about Modern vs. Classic, ...
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Adding calendar webpart into custom SharePoint homepage

So I'm trying to figure out a way to put a SharePoint calendar (or rather SharePoint Event List) into my custom home page. Basically, my home page has a tabbed section and on one of the tabs, I want ...
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Alerts Per User On Custom List Views

I have a client who has a calendar set up and they want to use alerts, but the issue is at the moment everyone with alerts gets an alert. They use the calendar for time off requests so only a user's ...
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Change source for presence indicator

We are using SharePoint 2013 and Skype for Business. Normally the contact details web part in SharePoint displays the Skype presence details (Online, Busy,...). Is there any way to change this web ...
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Recent Documents" Web Parts on Classic Page

I would like users to view the most recent documents. I know this web part is part of the communication site for modern sites. Can I replicate the same in a classic page? Looking for some ideas/...
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Error while checking the Retention Policy

I have a Sharepoint 2019 on-premise site collection in the Classic experience UI. We use library level "Information Management Policy" (check the section 3. HOW TO SET RETENTION POLICY FOR ...
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If somebody choose a value from choice field in NewForm, then pop-up window or notification is displayed

Is it possible in SharePoint (I use Classic Experience) to display a notification, when somebody choose particular value from choice field in New Form? For example, I've a choice field in New Form, ...
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Javascript isn't being loaded correctly

I have a very simple html file that displays a new image every 2 seconds. I am pretty sure my code works, I can open the file in a browser and everything is as expected. However, when I put it in an ...
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