Highlighted content webpart 'See all' link issue

JWiersem1925 

OK, this is a little crazy, because I saw exactly what you described here, but then also see it start working as I would expect. I was using two different machines, thus different browsers and logins, so it's not a matter of caching or browser changes.

I'll start with the Webpart settings checkbox first, because I'm in agreement with you that I'm seeing exactly the same thing. I fiddled with changing the source and filters and such, and no matter what I do, that little slider is not changeable and thus has no effect. I too would expect it to hide the "see all" link, if it could be deactivated.

Now back to the See All link. What you describe is exactly what I saw when logged on to a machine with a visitor account. I clicked See All, and got a display that showed me recent documents of all types. But then I went back to start getting screen captures, and on a later visit to the same page with the same account, same browser, I got the "editor" experience you describe - which is what I think we're both expecting the visitor should have.

So I was lucky to have captured the "see all" link to a notepad prior to coming back and getting confused by the fact that it worked. My only guess about why it worked the second time around might be if the page hadn't quite finished fully loading the first time around? 

Here's what I gathered when things did NOT work correctly with "see all."

Site Collection URL: https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/sitecollectionname
Page Name: Sample-IntroVideos.aspx

Highlighted Content Web Part Configuration: Filter, Source=This site, Type=videos, Filter=Title contains word "intro", Sort by most recent, Layout=Grid, Show up to 4, no check by hide if nothing to show

When an editor hovers over the "See All" link, it offers this URL (snipping prefix so it won't hyperlink here:
/_layouts/15/SeeAll.aspx?Page=%2Fsites%2Fsitecollectionname%2FSitePages%2FSample-IntroVideos.aspx&InstanceId={guid}

What displays on the resulting page is the videos fitting the criteria specified in the web part configuration, arranged in a grid similar to the original page, but displaying more than 4 videos. In my opinion, this is the kind of experience that I would expect visitors to have.

When a visitor hovers over the "See All" link, it offers this URL (prefix snipped):
_layouts/15/SeeAll.aspx?Page=%2Fsites%2Fsitecollectionname&InstanceId={guid}

What displays on the resulting page is the Most recent documents of all types, not filtered for video or the other filters selected for the highlighted content web part.