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SharePoint List - New Item is Missing Configure Layout Button
Hello,
I have recently setup a new SharePoint list, when I created the list a few days ago, I could click 'Add New Item', it would bring up my list fields and in the top right I had the Configure layout button.
Today it seems that feature is missing. I've checked on a different list, a list in a different SharePoint site, the Lists 365 app instead of SharePoint, a different browser and incognito. I am in the Owner and Admin groups of the site.
All I get is the 'Copy Link' button as shown in the image. How do I get the icon back and how do I now re-order fields on the New Items page?
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For anyone running into the same issue, here is the solution I found. I couldn't find this anywhere else on the internet.
I have a form created in 2023, and the list form (Add new item) was working one month ago, then randomly changed to a single-column layout with the Configure layout option missing as above.
IT struggled to identify the issue and was hesitant to open a Microsoft ticket without being able to reproduce it. We only found one discrepancy in the List Settings. Under the General Settings section of a test list made in 2025, there is an option for Form settings available that was not present in the list with the issue:
IT identified that the changed list form was a Power App in the background, however I had not made this configuration and the app was not available in the My apps section of Power Apps.
I searched how to disconnect a Power App from a list form in Lists, and saw that the setting was in this Form settings area that I couldn't access. What I did was copy the URL for Rating settings and change "Ratings" in the URL to "Form", and it took me to the correct page:
I changed the Form Options to "Use the default SharePoint form", saved, and my list form was magically fixed.
Of course if you have this issue with a newer list, that Form settings link may just be visible for you with no other complications.
Supertoaster yes this seems to be a bit hit & miss at the moment; I've had it appear then disappear on my sites. There's nothing you can do, it's something that Microsoft have to fix.
Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP Global (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)Rob_Elliott I checked again this morning without changing anything and it seems to have re-appeared. So it does seem to be a Microsoft issue.
