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How do I change the default field in a list?

Hi all.

There has been very little SharePoint consulting for me the past six months which means that this blog was left untouched and abandonded. I'm ashamed to say that I only update it now because I need help. :(

When creating a custom list there's always a default text field created. This is, among other things, used as the "anchor point" for a preview type of view (the one where you hover the mouse pointer over an item in the list to the left and you get a preview of the object to the right).

The list I'm creating now has a person/group field as the main identifier and thusly I want it to be the anchor point for the preview view but I can't for the life of me figure out how to do this (perferably w/o too much coding).

Any thoughts/ideas/pointers regarding this?

TIA!

Published Jul 03 2008, 10:26 AM by MartinNr5
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AutoSponge said:

Change the advanced settings of your list to manage content types.

Create a content type for your new list (site or site collection level view all settings).  Base it on Item.

Add that content type to your list settings.

In your new content type, change the Title field to hidden.

July 3, 2008 7:26 AM
 

MartinNr5 said:

Thanks for your feedback.

Well, this doesn't change the fact that the default (Title) field is still required in the preview view.

What I need to do is assign any field as an anchor point and so far I haven't found a way to do this.

July 4, 2008 2:42 AM

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