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Troy Rowlands
May 18, 2018Copper Contributor
Unable to open task item in new experience *_000
I have a standard SharePoint task list. While in the classic experience I do not have an issue opening a task item from the linked Task name column, however when in Modern mode, the site tries to download a file that has a number then _.000 e.g. 7_.000 and the item doesn't open. If I click on the ... and select the item and then select edit, it opens correctly.
If I right click on the item task title and copy link it shows correctly: https://*********sharepoint.com/Lists/Main%20Task%20List/DispForm.aspx?ID=15&e=ioY4kF
and if I paste into another address bar it navigates to the view item as expected...
Any ideas please?
- GillesSylvestreCopper Contributor
Workaround:
Create a regular list name Task.
Enable content type for the list
Assign Task content type to the list
Remove item content type.
Et voilà !
- Lori_E-LeeCopper ContributorCan you elaborate on your above solution? I'm not following......but am having the same issue where I click a line item Title name & get the .000 download file instead of it just opening the intake form with all the information. Onles does it in List View of my data set. Would appreciate any help, thank you!
- sagar pardeshiCopper ContributorI have resolved the issue please follow below URL
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/sharepoint-online-task-list-in-modern-view-not-displaying-task-name/ - isotop94Brass Contributor
It seems that I have somehow managed to "fix" this.
First you need to rightclick any element in the list and click "Open". The list item will open under a url like "https://<url of your sharepoint site>/Lists/<name of your list>/Post.aspx?List=<id of your list>&ID=<id of your list item>" ...
Copy the italic part of the url and merge the infos into this json formatting to the first operand :
{ "elmType": "a", "txtContent": "@currentField", "attributes": { "target": "_blank", "href": { "operator": "+", "operands": [ "https://<url of your sharepoint site>/Lists/<name of your list>/Post.aspx?List=<id of your list>&ID=", "[$ID]" ] } }, "style": { "text-decoration": "underline", "align": "center" } }
Now go back to your list and click the down arrow of your title column and go to "Column settings" > "Format this column". Switch to advanced mode and paste that json formatting.
This worked for me. It now shows the correct title and a click opens the item.
- David1972Brass Contributor
- David1972Brass Contributor
Same thing happening to my list.. I made a BIG deal to the whole department about how much better it would be converting our task-list to modern and now we have this issue.
Honestly I have to question MS on this.. converting sites over to modern is fraught with so many issues it's not worth doing - if you have an existing classic site. I've been trying to sell modern to the entire department and now I look foolish.
Very disappointing... hire some UX and UI people please- sonali_guptaCopper Contributor
Anybody found a solution to this issue yet?
David1972 wrote:Same thing happening to my list.. I made a BIG deal to the whole department about how much better it would be converting our task-list to modern and now we have this issue.
Honestly I have to question MS on this.. converting sites over to modern is fraught with so many issues it's not worth doing - if you have an existing classic site. I've been trying to sell modern to the entire department and now I look foolish.
Very disappointing... hire some UX and UI people please
David1972 wrote:Same thing happening to my list.. I made a BIG deal to the whole department about how much better it would be converting our task-list to modern and now we have this issue.
Honestly I have to question MS on this.. converting sites over to modern is fraught with so many issues it's not worth doing - if you have an existing classic site. I've been trying to sell modern to the entire department and now I look foolish.
Very disappointing... hire some UX and UI people please- David1972Brass Contributor
sonali_gupta if you do format column on your title column then add this code below - it will add a clickable link to the title that will go through to the task description.. I also added an EDIT column and formatted that as a link that goes through to an edit view of the task. It's not perfect but it's a workaround until it gets fixed (if it does get fixed).
Sorry there is no code block here so this is going to look awful...{
"elmType": "a",
"txtContent": "@currentField",
"attributes": {
"target": "_blank",
"href": {
"operator": "+",
"operands": [
"https://[YOURSITEURL]/Lists/[LISTNAME]/DispForm.aspx?ID=",
"[$ID]"
]
}
},
"style": {
"font-weight": "bold"
}
}
You can also add in an EDIT column that is a link like this:{
"elmType": "a",
"txtContent": "EDIT",
"attributes": {
"target": "_blank",
"href": {
"operator": "+",
"operands": [
"https://[YOURSITEURL]/Lists/[LISTNAME]/EditForm.aspx?ID=",
"[$ID]"
]
}
},
"style": {
"text-decoration": "underline",
"align": "center"
}
}
- Ramesh_AvayaCopper Contributor
Switch back to classic view experience and you will not have any download issues , its simple , refer to https://support.office.com/en-us/article/switch-the-default-experience-for-lists-or-document-libraries-from-new-or-classic-66dac24b-4177-4775-bf50-3d267318caa9
- David1972Brass ContributorNOT A SOLUTION!
- rarnoldCopper Contributor
I was having this issue with one list. I went to List Settings > Advanced Settings > Dialogs and disabled launch forms in a dialog and it resolved the issue.
- ClaireWeissCopper Contributor
Hi all, I had the same problem crop up, seemingly after downloading a custom list to Excel.
I thought I solved it by changing the Advanced Settings for Dialogs, but then it didn't work reliably. Messed with it more and have more specifics:
The first 30 rows of my list work fine (also corresponds to the first page of quick edit view) where if I click on the linked first column, the dialog edit pops up.
All the rows beyond the first 30 download a .000 file when the row is clicked.
Anyone have a fix?
- ChristyQVCopper Contributor
I just started having this problem today in a Custom list modern experience that was working fine up until today. It only happens after the first 30 items in the view as described by others. The user can select the item and the click edit on the menu, but it is bad for user to have an option that doesn't work. I too would appreciate ideas!
- Rob_DentsuIron Contributor
I have the same problem.
My list has more than 30 items.
Let's say the last item on my list is 'Zebra'. When sorted A - Z, I can't open it.
But when I change the sort from Z - A, making Zebra the first item on my list, it opens just fine.
Also, If I just select the item by NOT clicking the title in the first field, it opens just fine.
Sounds like some kind of paging issue to me.Edit: I made my list manually, and entered my data manually.
- Damien A BirdCopper Contributor
I had raised a call with an MS Support Engineer from "EMEA SharePoint Online Customer Services and Support". I was able to demonstrate the problem experienced and have subsequently been advised that modern lists are unsupported for the task list view. The alternative is to run the task list as classic. They advised that the best way to apply pressure to fixing/adopting modern view with a task list was via User Voice which I understand is now logged below and has 51 votes as of 3/7/18.
I quote:
"From what I can verify this these task lists are not supported in modern view.
When you create these task lists it is already prompted to Classic view. To keep using the list it is recommended that you keep using classic view.The user voice is the best way to go since on my end I cannot apply extra pressure. The more votes the user voice gets the more visibility it will get. Although at the moment the Product Team informed me that it is a not supported situation."
- Beat ZimmermanBrass Contributor
My affected lists are not task lists, they are just custom lists, but created by exporting an Excel table to a SharePoint list. Is it the case then that such lists are no longer supported in modern UI, either?
- Damien A BirdCopper ContributorSorry Beat. I tried. The support tech recommends that you log a call with MS as the environment will be different, tasks setup is different etc and have them investigate this seperately. My understanding though is that lists are not supported in modern view and whilst there might be some 3rd party apps out there that do and community efforts to develop something that might work, the out of the box experience does not. All we can do is keep pushing it on User Voice to get MS to listen.
- Beat ZimmermanBrass Contributor
I cannot reproduce the issue when creating a new list manually, however it happened to me again today after exporting an Excel table to a SharePoint list. Is it perhaps because of the missing "Title" column in lists created by exporting Excel tables?
- Deleted
Same thing here. Please vote on Uservoice as well: https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/31844641-modern-experience-for-task-lists