Sharepoint Classic : How to create a link from item in Sharepoint list which redirect you to the item URL field and not to the item form ?

Question

Hello,

I am in sharepoint 2016.

To make easier the management of links (update and change of URL) in my site and pages I am using a sharepoint list of links (with URL field).

In case of change of URL the idea is to change it into the list and not to process changes in all the cases in site or pages.

It works with DispForm.aspx?ID=. But I am sent to the form and not to the URL field defined in the list.

Do you know How to create a link from item in Sharepoint list which redirect you to the item URL field and not to the item form ?

Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 1

Hi @LARTIGUE Jean Philippe ,

Thank you for posting in the community.

Let me confirm that your question is how to create a link to an item in a list, did I understand it correctly?

If so, I recommend that you use SharePoint Designer.

Here is the link to download SharePoint Designer: SharePoint Designer 2013

Here are the steps:

First, open the site which contains the list in SharePoint Designer. If you are just downloading SharePoint Designer, there is a chance that your sites may not be found, please wait a while, about ten minutes, and then restart SharePoint Designer.

Second, open All Files->Lists->your list name. (In my test is URLsManage).

Third, open the list view which you want to change. (In my test a choose a view which name is New).

Forth, find a tag which name is ViewFields and find a column which you want to add a link.

In my test, I select itemName column and and add a property: linkToItem="TRUE".

If you want to edit this item directly, you can also add ListItemMenu="TRUE".

Please note the spelling, it is case sensitive.

Fifth, save page, clear your browser cache and reopen the list. You can see that there is a link to the column value in the itemName column.

Once you click on it, you can view this item.

Here is the article about the above steps, you can find more information: Enable “Link to Item” or “Edit Menu” on Any Column of the List in SharePoint

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Answer 2

Thanks a lot for your answer but it is not exactly what I need.

My need is to create a link to an item in a list but the target of the link is not the form of the list item but to open the URL(field in the list).

If I have list URLsManage of useful links which contains : Title, URL, ItemName, ID (not display but available).

I would like to create a link which refer to an id or Title (but ID is simpler) of the list to open an URL field of the item here in the example : http://sp16/0602/.

I can try this

https://site/URLsManage/DispForm.aspx?ID=1 => Open the form of item ID =1

But the result gets me to the form not to the URL field of the Item.

Thanks in advance for your help

Answer 3

Hi thank you for support

Therefore I will look for an alternative.