Document Library - Cannot edit column from Library Settings; No Hyperlink

Question

I am trying to access the column settings in a SharePoint XML forms library. When I access the library settings, I see the list of columns, only a few have hyperlinks to edit, the rest all have a hyperlink that allows me to access column settings. I have reviewed another site's xml forms library and it has some columns similar to this, but most are editable on that site. The column type doesn't seem to be correlated, as columns of different types can be edited vs not edited. I have tried setting the "Allow management of content types" to 'Yes', but this still does not allow the column to be edited. The status on all of these fields are 'optional'. I am using SharePoint 365. List content type > Advanced settings > Read Only = "No".

If you go to Settings [> List Content Type], then there are many columns that some that are editable and some that are not editable (no hyperlink). I cannot seem to upload a picture because of errors with the upload, but the "Name" column, which is on most (if not all) libraries is an uneditable field (no hyperlink) like what I am talking about. The other fields in question are NOT default system fields. Not sure if there is any inheritance similar to how site columns can be inherited from other places. These do not appear to be site columns.

To be clear, I am NOT trying to just edit the value of a column for a specific item, I am trying to update these fields through power automate and am decently confident that whatever is causing these columns to be locked, is also preventing power automate from updating these fields for reasons I'm not going to bother walking through. My goal is to understand what determines whether a column settings are accessible for editing or not.

Edit: Am able to upload images now. In the below two images, the solid black columns are not editable (e.g. Attachments Included), the gray ones are editable (E.g. Assigned to). The second screenshot shows basically all columns to be uneditable except for 'Title', and a few more things (not shown), but most columns in the second one (which is the one I need) have no hyperlinks.

Answer 1

Dear Brendan OSullivan,

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Please give us some time to investigate. Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,

Tin | Microsoft Community Moderator

Answer 2

Thanks, I have updated the post to include photos.

Answer 3

I've encountered the same issue. In my SharePoint XML forms library I am unable to get the properties of columns via the settings menu.