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Content Type in Details Panel of SharePoint
We are currently investigating this behavior
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Marcus_Rowell , Same issue here. I've checked 2 tenants on different geo locations (US, Canada).
No content type in the info panel if library support multiple content types.
Probably not much QA testing was done before deploying. I'm really not impressed of QA testing with features deployment in SharePoint online...
- I've made a workaround by customising the edit form with PowerApps. You still need an extra click to Edit all, and it's a bit of work I didn't really have time for, but at least there's something we can do about it.
Great idea williampage Good to know that works as a temporary workaround.
Others are reporting the issue now as well on twitter.
I also have a support ticket open with MS Support.
Marcus_Rowell The library I customised the edit form for now has the Content Type reappear in the details pane, but the other sites (in another tenancy) do not yet have that. I wonder if the process of doing that changed something.
The form was already customised in Power Apps but it didn't have the Content Type data card on the form, so I added that then tested it by changing a file's content type. In the past I have tried editing/viewing content type in PowerApps but it never worked. It does now, so something big has changed on the back-end.
Marcus_RowellI have the same problem. 2x tenancies I've checked so far. The new details pane now shows an icon that corresponds to the column type, there's a button to edit the list of columns in the form and Content Type is gone. Also with the Edit all form, it's gone too.
I've noticed for some time that when you click Show/hide columns in the header of a modern library, Content Type is not available as a choice, you have to use the classic Edit view to show it. Now it seems they've extended that to the choice of columns in the details pane.
This is immensely frustrating. I have customers asking me about it and there seems not to be a way to edit the content type of a file in a modern library any more without convoluted workarounds like Power Automate.
- It seems there is an update in the document information panel that has been the cause of not having the Content Type Selecctor in your case. I have just tested that I can see the Content Type selector, so not sure what could be the problem you have here
jcgonzalezmartin Just confirming you can see the Content Type in the details panel? (sorry it is not clear from your reply).
- That's correct
