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Modern Communication sites - display links issue
- Jan 31, 2018
Hi - I made a custom list to contain links, including a 'category' choice field
And then displayed it on a modern page using the "List (preview)" web part:
The links are clickable in this web part and open the target page as expected
Thanks
Nigel
Why not store the links in a custom list, use audiencing, then write a webpart to display them in some pleasing manner.
I'll be interested to see what support say about it.
Same issue - because items in lists are just items now. There is no "Links" list app anymore on Modern Communication sites. This used to be very easy and possible. We have it all over the place in classic sites (and on prem). Now, not so much.
In order to accomplish this, it looks like we are going to have to either develop custom content types (to replace the ones that they no longer support) or use a 3rd party to dynamically apply XSLT to transform the link item back into a workable link.
This is either a bug or a an intended deviation from the past, so I'm hoping the ticket with Microsoft will illuminate that.
- MattVarneyFeb 02, 2018Iron Contributor
This suggested solution technically works, but there are additional experience issues that are occurring with the modern web part. I'm hoping these get addressed soon, but the issues are:
- Column widths in the display are truncated (probably according to screen size?), which causes the values in the fields to be truncated. Sure, you can move the width of the column, but the experience is truncated and the web part is not configurable enough to get around that.
- The "Add" button appears in the web part, even for users who don't have permission to add items to the list. When such a user selects the "Add" button on the web part, they get a small blank fly-out menu (similar to the one an authorized contributor would see and use, except it is much smaller and empty).
- Additionally, with the web part, any user gets the select column (the radio button to the right of the item) that allows them to attempt to share the item with EDIT permissions by default. I expect this is by design to encourage sharing, but seems a bit aggressive for communications sites which are generally less "collaborative" and more "publishing" oriented. The item owner (not the site owner) does get an email to approve or deny the sharing, which is good I guess.
- Nigel WitherdinJan 31, 2018Iron Contributor
Hi - I made a custom list to contain links, including a 'category' choice field
And then displayed it on a modern page using the "List (preview)" web part:
The links are clickable in this web part and open the target page as expected
Thanks
Nigel