sharepoint inlineedit field show for files only, not folders

Question

I have a document library where we need to assign choice field to FOLDERS, not individual files. Team member will create a new folder for each contact, and upload files into that folder. Need to allow inlineFieldEdit of folder properties. Right now, I can only edit the column in grid mode for folders.

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  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "flex-wrap": "wrap",
    "display": "flex"
  },
  "children": [
    {
      "elmType": "div",
      "style": {
        "box-sizing": "border-box",
        "padding": "4px 8px 5px 8px",
        "overflow": "hidden",
        "text-overflow": "ellipsis",
        "display": "flex",
        "border-radius": "16px",
        "height": "24px",
        "align-items": "center",
        "white-space": "nowrap",
        "margin": "4px 4px 4px 4px"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "class": {
          "operator": ":",
          "operands": [
            {
              "operator": "==",
              "operands": [
                "@currentField",
                "Value1"
              ]
            },
            "sp-css-backgroundColor-BgCornflowerBlue sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-CornflowerBlueFont",
            {
              "operator": ":",
              "operands": [
                {
                  "operator": "==",
                  "operands": [
                    "@currentField",
                    "Value2"
                  ]
                },
                "sp-css-backgroundColor-BgMintGreen sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-MintGreenFont",
                {
                  "operator": ":",
                  "operands": [
                    {
                      "operator": "==",
                      "operands": [
                        "@currentField",
                        "East LA County"
                      ]
                    },
                    "sp-css-backgroundColor-BgGold sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-GoldFont",
                    {
                      "operator": ":",
                      "operands": [
                        {
                          "operator": "==",
                          "operands": [
                            "@currentField",
                            ""
                          ]
                        },
                        "",
                        "sp-field-borderAllRegular sp-field-borderAllSolid sp-css-borderColor-neutralSecondary"
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
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        }
      },
      "children": [
        {
          "elmType": "span",
          "style": {
            "overflow": "hidden",
            "text-overflow": "ellipsis",
            "padding": "0 3px"
          },
					
          "txtContent": "@currentField",
          "attributes": {
            "class": {
              "operator": ":",
              "operands": [
                {
                  "operator": "==",
                  "operands": [
                    "@currentField",
                    "East LA County/West"
                  ]
                },
                "sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-CornflowerBlueFont",
                {
                  "operator": ":",
                  "operands": [
                    {
                      "operator": "==",
                      "operands": [
                        "@currentField",
                        "Value3"
                      ]
                    },
                    "sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-MintGreenFont",
                    {
                      "operator": ":",
                      "operands": [
                        {
                          "operator": "==",
                          "operands": [
                            "@currentField",
                            "Value4"
                          ]
                        },
                        "sp-field-fontSizeSmall sp-css-color-GoldFont",
                        {
                          "operator": ":",
                          "operands": [
                            {
                              "operator": "==",
                              "operands": [
                                "@currentField",
                                ""
                              ]
                            },
                            "",
                            ""
                          ]
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Answer 1

Hi @Xing Liu,

Thank you for posting in this community.

Unfortunately, this property inlineEditField in SharePoint is used to set inline editing, but this only applies to list items and is not supported for folders.

Reference: Inline Editing

We are always looking for ways to improve SharePoint, and your feedback and suggestions are very valuable.

We suggest that you can make suggestions on this SharePoint Feedback portal for this feature. Your contribution will be highly appreciated.

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Answer 2

This is strange, I believe I've used inlineedit for folders some times before, and now it just don't work.

Please MS development team, do not always changing features as users has already put them in use.