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Document Lookup Column Link
Thanks for the reply. Maybe I wasn't clear in my question.
The list (Projects) is like a spreadsheet, not a form. In Quick Edit, I wanted users to choose a document from a look-up column connected to a library (Reference Docs).
Since you can't base a look-up on the Name column, I assumed you could achieve this by setting the Name field to the Title field and basing the look-up on the Title field.
Everything works, except when Quick Edit is closed the look-up column shows the document name as a link, but clicking it opens the document's properties page, not the document itself as you would get by clicking the Name column.
Does that make more sense?
I found the same issue. In the Classic UI, lookup documents opened directly from the list, but in Modern, clicking the document takes you to the document properties, which is not very useful.
Also, if you open the list item and click the lookup document, it opens a property window, but clicking the link to the document name doesn't do anything. The only way to open the document is to right-click and open in a new tab.
It appears that the functionality for opening lookup documents didn't come over from Classic. Not opening from a property window may be a bug.
Thanks for the reply. I figured this was the case.
I did get it to work, but it took a workflow and JSON coding to extract the link elements then combine them to recreate the link.
What was once simple is now way too complicated...
If you want details, please let me know.
I'm not sure if I'll go that route, but I'm curious, so yes, please send the details.
Thanks!
