How to get new columns to show in property panel of modern site page library items?

Question

If I go to Site Pages - All Pages, I see my new columns Category, EmployeeType, and Page.

When I open the properties panel, these fields are not listed.

When I go to Document Library Settings, the new columns are in every Content Type except Site Page.

How do I add the new columns to the Site Page content type?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @Vanessa ,

Thank you for posting in this community.

It seems this is not a common issue per my test. Immediately displayed in the properties panel after being added.

Check if the same issue occurs with other SharePoint site collections.

But I found a workaround, you need to customize description column using Power Apps. In your document library (External links), click on Power Apps>Customize forms>it will open Power Apps windows> then Click on +Add field and select the default description column to add. See image below for your reference(Here's an example of the description column):

After add description column there click on File>save, after save click on publish to SharePoint, then go to SharePoint online document library, select the link file and in properties menu click on Edit all to add your description.  

I hope this works for you.

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