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Steel Contributor

Dec 09, 2016

Make it easier to check in and check out

I spoke with an internal client today and her group relies on checking files in and out. The option to check out and check in files is buried deeper in UI. Now you have to click ellipsis, ellipsis, ...

Andrew Koltyakov
Dec 09, 2016
I would recommend sticking with clicking Files tab in the ribbon then selecting a document, so Check In/Out/Discard in a click away.

Anyway, it's going to a New UI (OneDrive view) experience, which can be changed dramatically in near future.

It's definitely possible to modify callout behavior by adding custom action or inject redundant quick buttons in DocumentLibraryQCB area with custom script if it worth it.

Gregory Frick

Steel Contributor

Thanks for your thoughtful response Andrew Koltyakov. I was surprised when my internal client said she didn't want to go to SharePoint online because the checkin\checkout experience was worse than SharePoint 2010.

Vivek Jain

Iron Contributor

Apr 25, 2017

Unsure why MS is so aggressive in the "lighter UI layer" than the actual SharePoint 'engine'. The UI layer in my view would be simplest to maintain and probably the biggest crowd winner, otherwise SharePoint is already notorious enough and 'Something Went Wrong' is strenghening that even further.

I was wondering if anyone could help me out with my UI issue with check-in/check-outs here SharePoint UI Challenges (Check-in/Check-Out)

Thanks so much.

Vivek