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Dennis-Scherrer
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Oct 08, 2025
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Why Is SharePoint’s Priority Column Free Text and Not a Choice Field?

While https://bluesite.consulting/en-us/articles/sharepoint-site-template-projecthome-review.html, I noticed something unusual in the work action tracker list—a column setting that seemed out of plac...
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    DaveMehr365
    Oct 09, 2025

    Dennis-Scherrer​ 

    The template comes with some JSON formatting pre-applied on the choice pills (icons in this case).

    Because of that, the GUI based choice editor does not work from column settings pane. To still format the pills, you can go inside format this column option > switch to design mode and you can use the "normal" pills-designer.

     

    Best, Dave

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