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Microsoft Lists UI in SharePoint List UI instead of modern SPO UI
Hello,
From a few days, some list from sites have interface like Microsoft Lists instead of modern SharePoint view interface:
The view/ui/ux/interface isn't a big deal, but I lost all navigation in my sites is gone and without menu work is very annoying. I heard from other people is not only in my case. So it's a bug from Microsoft or some quite unannounced change? How back to modern view?
- Has it been resolved? With the new UI, I can't see the custom changes while others have no effects (they are still using "old UI")
Karol_Kozowski Are you using targeted release or standard release tenant? If targeted release tenant, it maybe the temporary issue at Microsoft end.
I don't have this issue on our SharePoint tenants (I tested on 3 tenants). When I open the SharePoint list from SharePoint site, it opens with the SharePoint view (with site navigation, etc).
If you are opening the list saved in SharePoint site from "Microsoft Lists" app/site (Eg.https://contoso-my.sharepoint.com/personal/gsanap_contoso_com/_layouts/15/Lists.aspx),
then it is default behavior to open the list with "Microsoft Lists" UI and not SharePoint UI with site navigation, etc.
Follow below steps to open the SharePoint list in SharePoint view:
- Go to your SharePoint site.
- Click on Settings (gear) icon from top right corner and select Site contents.
- Locate your SharePoint list and click on list name. It should open the list in SharePoint view
Also, make sure you are not using this query string parameter while opening the SharePoint list: env=WebViewList
If you use this query string parameter with the SharePoint list URL, it open the list with "Microsoft Lists" UI.
If the issue still persists, I will suggest you to raise a support ticket with Microsoft directly and report this behavior: Get M365 Support - Online Support
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Karol_Kozowski Updating this thread with more information below:
Looks like this is a new feature released by Microsoft for SharePoint lists and your admin can change the settings to always show the site navigation using PowerShell.
Check this thread for more information: Microsoft Lists UI in SharePoint List UI instead of modern SPO UI
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I have the same issue. Sometimes it's SharePoint lists, which it should be. And all of a sudden it is a Microsoft list which I don't want. My navigation is missing and it is super annoying.
I am a targeted user, which leads me to think this is something they would implement?Isabellio Yes, this is a new feature Microsoft currently rolling out. Check the link in my above response for detailed information.
You can get the site navigation back using SPO PowerShell command like:
Set-SPOSite -Identity https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/siteName -ListsShowHeaderAndNavigation $trueDocumentation: Set-SPOSite
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- We have some user getting list as Microsoft list while others have sharepoint list. URL is same for both users and there is no query string appended. Has anyone observed this?
- Very strange... Curious to see if this gets resolved. One thing you could do is to create a link in the app launcher to your landing page. At least that somewhat simplifies the way back.
Karol_Kozowski This is happening to our tenant also. We're first release. However, only a handful of users that we're aware of, are seeing the MS Lists format in the SharePoint site.
- Is there any option to turn off this new modern experience?
We really hate this and we want the old "modern" experience. The items are opening in a teeny tiny pop-up instead of a large 3-column format and clicking on any of the column names throws a stupid "Could not find row selection cell for item key header" error.
We want a roll back or opt-out feature immediately. Karol_Kozowski Exactly the same experience on our tenant(s) - some end users seem to see the new UI with tabbed views etc, most still see the expected UI. The problem is: one of our key lists has JSON list-view formatting on it. In the new UI, my "cards" are rendered one per row instead of a couple per row. I'm not able to fix it so far ... anyone else struggling with this new UI and JSON becoming corrupt?
- I have the same problem with one of our customers. A custom list with a column made in json format tha open a custom link stopped working. Using the ListsShowHeaderAndNavigation option, either from powershell or from the interface, did not restore the UX.
This list was not created in Microsoft List but directly in a Sharepoint site, so it does not have the WebViewList property in the url.
Any help is appreciated.
Thank youSeems all our lists just switched today... In addition to the view, form and column formatting being messed up, sometimes the list name is compressed or disappears too.
- This has caused my team so much grief as well - if you find anything, please comment!
- Same problem here today... Any luck getting back to old UI?
- SAME! Just today all my json turning my list items into sections just doesn't work. The json is still there but the sections are gone. Everything is different and I don't know how to fix it.
- I have the same issue! The sections in the form are showing when opening the item in a modal window but there is now only one column instead of the three we'd come to expect.
Another weird thing is, if I shrink the browser window, it goes from 1 column to 2 columns! Feels a little backwards.
StefanM655 it's not possible to revert to the old UI.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)- Hi Rob,
I've been told the same by tech support. Funny thing, today in SP a survey popped up about how happy I am with this new UI. Wonder if they'll read...
- Hi.
All the same problems. All of my users are unable to use sharepoint corporate solutions because of this mess. Customs fields don't work, custom formats don't work properly, everything looks worse. Revert back fast! As responsable for solutions on M365 for my company am really, really open to evaluate leaving microsoft for something serious that test changes before releasing.
