I need to add the Description for a field to the dispForm.aspx page
I have some information stored in the description area of a field that needs to show up on the dispform.aspx page. It shows up on the editform.aspx but not dispform.aspx I know there has got to be a way to do it with some JQuery or something, can someone steer me? L.
July 5th, 2012 10:58am

follow this blog http://www.sharepointkings.com/2008/05/how-to-hide-column-of-sharepoint-list.html Surya.P
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July 5th, 2012 2:35pm

HI, Open the dispform in SPD. Now remove the list viewer webpart and add the same via sharepoint conrols in insert tab. Now it will be DVWP and you add description in the selected regions.Thanks, Rahul Rashu
July 5th, 2012 3:08pm

Sorry I don't follow.
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July 5th, 2012 4:35pm

Hiding columns has nothing to do with showing the description area for a particular field on the dispform.aspx page that I can tell.
July 5th, 2012 4:36pm

There's been a number of blog articles on customizing SP 2007 list forms. Here's one: http://sharepoint07.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/customize-the-newformaspx/ Just after Figure 16 of that article is an important point... do not delete the list's web part. Just add the Custom List Form and just hide the original web part. You may want to read serveral of these articles before jumping in. Just google/bing "sharepoint designer 2007 customize newform.aspx" or "sharepoint designer 2007 customize list forms". Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com
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July 5th, 2012 4:44pm

Hello, Please follow the steps: Open any item from the list in display view (so its dispfprm.aspx page for that item) Now modify URL such that: https://...../Yoursitename/lists/Listname/dispform.aspx?toolpaneview=2 and hit enter. Make note of ?ToolpaneView=2 in above URL. This will open dispform.aspx page in edit mode. Now you can add a webpart on the page as you wish and can display information in that. :) Hope this helps,Regards | Rohan | Sharepoint Technologies | http://sharepoint-administration-eu.blogspot.com/
July 6th, 2012 5:56am

I offered this solution to the business owner at the outset and she spurned it. :) Thanks anyway. Hello, Please follow the steps: Open any item from the list in display view (so its dispfprm.aspx page for that item) Now modify URL such that: https://...../Yoursitename/lists/Listname/dispform.aspx?toolpaneview=2 and hit enter. Make note of ?ToolpaneView=2 in above URL. This will open dispform.aspx page in edit mode. Now you can add a webpart on the page as you wish and can display information in that. :) Hope this helps, Regards | Rohan | Sharepoint Technologies | http://sharepoint-administration-eu.blogspot.com/
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July 6th, 2012 8:57am

While this was not the answer to my problem, it did go a ways in getting me where I needed to be. Since I didn't need more, less, or different fields in my dispform, but needed the description attribute of one of the fields to display, the instructions were incomplete. I could have used the edit form adding it to the dispform page since the edit form does display the description attribute, but that seemed sort of extreme. What I ended up doing was adding the custom data disp form on the page then going into the code and hard coding the description text under the field. I then hid the original form that was on the page and it works good enough for our situation without a lot of fuss. Linda ----------------------------------------- There's been a number of blog articles on customizing SP 2007 list forms. Here's one: http://sharepoint07.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/customize-the-newformaspx/ Just after Figure 16 of that article is an important point... do not delete the list's web part. Just add the Custom List Form and just hide the original web part. You may want to read serveral of these articles before jumping in. Just google/bing "sharepoint designer 2007 customize newform.aspx" or "sharepoint designer 2007 customize list forms". Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com
July 6th, 2012 11:13am

My bad. I think I mis-understood the question. Now its making more sense. If you want to add the column description against the fields on dispform, then you should follow the approach given by Rahul.. Open the dispform in SPD. Now remove the list viewer webpart and add the same via sharepoint conrols in insert tab. Now it will be DVWP and you add description in the selected regions. Regards | Rohan | Sharepoint Technologies | http://sharepoint-administration-eu.blogspot.com/
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July 6th, 2012 11:14am

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