Comments on: Quick and Easy: Use jQuery to Hide a Text Field on a SharePoint Form

By: Ed M

Ed M — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:35:21 +0000

to fix the attachments problem with custom edit forms, find line replace ControlMode="New"
it works fine for me, Sharepoint Designer 12.0.6535.5002

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:24:00 +0000

I need to hide- specifically- the Content Type field, which appears by default on all editforms for my list with multiple Content Types.

Since I must allow attachments, I cannot use a custom editform. I have tried various bits of code but nothing works. Help!

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By: Shereen

Shereen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:33:20 +0000

Hi Ricky,

Excellent point you made, however, i wanted to mention a scenario where this isn’t enough based on an exact experience with a client today. I enabled content types as you’d specified and hid the columns they requested. However, they have some custom edit forms they’ve built using sharepoint designer that they want those columns visible for. If i hide it within the content type, it hides for all forms, regardless.

So i needed to use some jquery to only hide it within the new and editforms that the end users use and not affect the custom edit and new forms that they had built for their administrators.

By: Ricky Spears

Ricky Spears — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:07:48 +0000

Paul – I realize that you wrote this to demonstrate the power of JQuery, and you probably already know this, but you can also do this without adding any code too.

You can also hide a field from users by going to the list settings page and allowing management of content types in the Advanced settings section.

Then click on the content type for the list. On the content type settings page, click on the name of the column you want to hide in your forms. Then set the field to be “hidden”. It won’t show up for users to enter or edit information then.