How to disabled or stop double click on empty cell in SharePoint list document.

Question

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In a SharePoint Online document library, I’ve noticed that when I double-click on an empty column (cell) in a row, it still opens the file — particularly a PDF — even though that specific column has no content or link.

My Goal: I want to prevent double-clicking on empty fields from triggering the file open/download behavior.

I have a Document Type column.

If it's blank, and I accidentally double-click it, the entire row behaves like a link and opens the PDF.

This is confusing for users and I’d like to disable row open behavior based on that field being empty.

Answer 1

Hi Sukhbir Kumar,

Good day! Welcome to Q&A forum.

This is SharePoint's default behavior where double clicking anywhere in a row opens the associated file in SharePoint Online.

There is no method to prevent double-clicking on empty cells from opening documents in SharePoint Online.

Hope these information helps.

Please do let us know if you have any further queries.

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