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Allow Javascript customization and CSS branding/theming in the new Document Library Experience
Please allow javascript customization and css branding/theming in the new document library experience. A custom cross-site navigation is one example that is used by many customers. Also many customers want their intranet branded in a different color but office ui fabric blue.
JSLink is also used very often. And don't Forget about all the third-party forms solution provider like Nintex and others.
The new experience provides many advantages, but without customizations it is just not usable for larger intranets anymore.932 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
As announced at Ignite 2017 and recently released – we now support column formatting, SPFx customization, and modern theming. For details check out the following Ignite talks: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Content-2017/Geek-out-with-the-product-team-on-SharePoint-lists-and-libraries/m-p/98886#M425 and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Content-2017/What-s-new-and-what-s-coming-for-branding-and-organizing-your/m-p/98884#M423
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Replace URL spaces with dashes instead of %20
Please change how SharePoint generates links to uploaded documents and site pages, so that URLs with spaces will replace %20 with a dash instead. Most CMS tools including blogs do when generating SEO friendly URLs. Links with %20 throughout are too difficult to read.
This feedback site is a perfect example:
This:
https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/282887-customer-feedback-for-sharepoint-serveris easier to read than this:
https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/282887%20customer%20feedback%20for%20sharepoint%20server890 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
We changed this for modern pages last year. Sorry we forgot to update the status for this item.
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A simple move/copy function between SharePoint Online Document libraries/folders/files
SharePoint Online Document Libraries are missing possibly the two most basic and fundamental functions in the online portal:
- A move/cut function, which is missing altogether, both for folders and files
- A copy function, which although technically exists, is really over complicated for a function which has existed in a much simpler form in every document repository technology since the mid-1980s...Currently, in order to move a file or folder from within the online portal between different libraries or even different folders within the same library...well the function just doesn't exist. So users need to either sync the site…
782 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Copy/Move within library, between libraries and across sites is now possible.
https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/move-or-copy-files-in-sharepoint-00e2f483-4df3-46be-a861-1f5f0c1a87bc?ui=en-US&rs=en-IE&ad=IEFor questions, please reach out via the SharePoint Techcommunity: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/ct-p/SharePoint
For any additional features, please search for or open new UserVoice suggestions.
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Responsive design
The mobile views are not a solution, so many customers turn to custom design, but I would rather a responsive design be built into SharePoint.
585 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thank you for the suggestion! In the past several months, we have released a series of new interfaces for SharePoint Online, all of which are responsive (e.g, modern list, modern document library, modern team site home page, new site connect page, and modern site page, etc.). We also released mobile apps across iOS, Android, and UWP platforms. Hope these help you better work on mobile and on the go. Let us know if you have any new feedback/followups.
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Cross site collection navigation
Current term set based solution is not usable at all in real life multi site collection scenarios.
570 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
SharePoint hub sites ,which shipped earlier this year, provide a configurable cross-site navigation control. More information: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-SharePoint-Blog/Organize-your-intranet-with-SharePoint-hub-sites/ba-p/174081
For questions, please reach out via the SharePoint Techcommunity: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/ct-p/SharePoint
For any additional features, please search for or open new UserVoice suggestions.
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A Full Featured Forms Editor to replace InfoPath
So Infopath 2013 is supported in 2016, but SharePoint really needs a full modern full-featured forms editor. FoSL looks promising but the functionality is not clear at this time.
508 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
As announced at Ignite 2017 – we are releasing support for custom form creation in SharePoint using PowerApps. This capability is rolling out to PROD now. For more details, check out: https://myignite.microsoft.com/sessions/53854?source=sessions and https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Ignite-Content-2017/Transforming-business-processes-into-Microsoft-PowerApps-and/m-p/99249#M782
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Remove the limit (5,000 items) on SharePoint Document Library Syncing
The sync limit does not match OneDrive for Business, and adds complexity to the end user experience, administration and architecture of SharePoint. Please remove this sync limit.
504 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
We’ve recently rolled out support for syncing your Team sites (including O365 Groups) and shared OneDrive for Business folders with our OneDrive sync client. You can read more here: https://blogs.office.com/2017/01/24/onedrive-brings-new-file-collaboration-and-management-features-to-the-enterprise/ This includes no longer being limited to 5,000 files in a team site, on your PC or Mac. Thanks!
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Dynamic Column width for default Title column in SharePoint List
Currently the default "Title" column does not have an adjustable width in the new modern SharePoint view only, classic view is unaffected.
So if the column contains 1 row and the cell contains very little text the column width will not adjust to fit the width of the text and leave a large empty space, pushing adjacent columns to the right off the screen.
498 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thanks for your feedback! We’re happy to report that your suggestion is now part of persistent column widths. The column width can be saved as part of the view and each user’s preference will be saved in local storage.
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Optimize Access Request Settings for site owners
Three requested updates to significantly improve the Access Request process:
1) Allow multiple users to receive access requests
Access requests (Site Settings > Site Permission > Access Request Settings) can be sent to anyone with an email address, but it has three critical downsides: 1) you are limited to one email recipient; 2) the field does not accept SharePoint groups; and 3) it’s prone to misspellings of email addresses since the field is not a people picker.
One of the most extreme examples of how this is broken: My company’s CEO needs access to a file s/he has a link…
265 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Site administrators can now customize the access request page with a message of their choice. We’ve also made it easier to see who will be receive access requests on your site.
Check out the documentation here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Set-up-and-manage-access-requests-94b26e0b-2822-49d4-929a-8455698654b3
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Managed Navigation for new Document Library Experience
Currently the new document library experience does not support Managed Navigation. It would be great to have this as currently using the structured navigation seems buggy in the new experience. Specifically, it ignores the "hidden" attribute of structured navigation which can make for some large menus. We love the new experience and are hoping to train users up and roll it out however we need to get navigation right before we can do this.
237 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thank you for the feedback requesting support for classic publishing on modern pages in team sites. We have rolled out an update that will now correctly render your structured or managed navigation links on modern pages in classic team sites.
Please see the help article (https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Customize-the-navigation-on-your-team-site-3cd61ae7-a9ed-4e1e-bf6d-4655f0bf25ca?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US) for more details – or visit the MS Tech Community (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/SharePoint/UPDATE-Support-for-Structured-Managed-Navigation-enabled-on/m-p/57384) to share any comments/questions.
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Add a link to a image in the Webpart image
In the new web part image of the modern experience, it's impossible to add a link to the image. You should add this possibily, with an option to open "in / out the screen". Without that, it's now impossible now to put a "image / button" to open another page.
225 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
We are rolling this out now
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Publish date format defaulting to US Format in Modern Pages for other regions
The Published date on Modern Site Pages in Classic SharePoint sites is defaulting to US format (MM/DD/YYYY) although the tenant is in AU format (DD/MM/YYYY).
The date format for other content in SharePoint Classic sites is MM/DD/YYYY which is same as Regional Settings.
222 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
This should now be fixed
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Enable custom columns for modern pages
Consistent with the classic "publishing" use case, would like the ability to add custom columns to modern site pages and make these columns editable in the page properties UI in the Site Pages document library.
An extension of this would allow editing of the page properties on the page itself, similar to custom page layouts on classic publishing pages.
188 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
You can now add custom columns on the site pages library.
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Modified dates in Site Contents should reflect content changes, not system changes
Looking at the modified values in Site Contents has always been a quick way to recognize where activity has occurred - if it has. Without running any code we can quickly see if a site has been used recently. (It was easier to eyeball this in SharePoint 2007 in the vertical listing than it is in SharePoint 2013+, but that's a different UI issue - tiles aren't helpful for every use case.)
For months now, a list no one has touched for over a year might say "Modified 23 hours ago". It seems as though lists and libraries are being…
173 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Thanks for this feedback. This is an example of how User Voice and Twitter brought this to our attention.
We have rolled out a fix to all of production for this issue. Going forward, Site Content’s dates will only update based upon real user behavior, not system changes.
It’s worth noting that this is a go-forward fix – we did not feel it right to go back and change existing dates.
Please let us know if you see any dates update that are unexpected.
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Enable the edit properties dialog when uploading documents with drag&drop
Upload via Drag&Drop is very easy but it is hard to set the metadata this way.
you need 3 clicks - no user does this much work to set metadata164 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Drag and dropping a file to a library with a required field will show the details pane and prompt the user to fill out the field.
Currently you can only use the details pane to update the metadata of one item at a time. We’re thinking about better capabilities to “bulk apply” metadata.
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External Folder Sharing with without sign-in
Number 1 limitation is the fact that we cannot share folders without requiring users to sign-in. Adoption of this product will be limited without this feature.
159 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
You can now get shareable links to folders that don’t require recipients to sign-in. If your tenant already allows you do this for files, then it works for folders, too.
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Enable folder Download option
I contacted support and currently only way to download folder is using IE and open the folder inside Explorer.
Support for other browsers would be great. Alternative is to compress content of folder to ZIP and download that file, like it's available in Microsoft Account version of OneDrive.
152 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
Bulk download in SharePoint document libraries and OneDrive for Business is now live! Give it a try.
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Communication Site: Themes and and branding options missing
The current communication site template cannot be used for corporate wide communication because there are some important things missing.
The overall design is only able to speak and represent only the Microsofot CI/CD. The missing branding and theming options makes it hard to be used in corporates because there is currently no way to apply corporate communication and design guidelines to the page. For user it makes it hard to identify the page as an official communication channel by the company and not by Microsoft.In addition not even well known and supported customisations through Themes is possible at the…
130 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
A number of theming updates have been rolled out this year – and the branding updates we shared at Ignite 2018 will be rolling out to Targeted Release later this month. We’re going to resolve this suggestion and ask that you create new suggestion(s) for specific branding settings/asks. Thank you!
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RSS Feed in modern pages
Please allow the embedding of RSS feeds within Modern Pages (using the embed webpart)
125 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
If the RSS feed generates an iFrame, you should be able to use the embed we part. Also on team sites, you can use the RSS connector – search for RSS in the web part toolbox in pages on your team site.
If this doesn’t meet your scenario needs, can you open a new item with my specifics of the gaps?
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Introduce markdown syntax for authoring content
As a systems engineer/developer, I love the office 365/sharepoint platform. The one thing that's stops me from using it for everything is the lack of a productive way to generate content.
Editing content in the UI is horrendously slow and painful, I just want to be able to author content quickly with markdown syntax, and publish my content/documentation quickly and easily.
What's microsofts standpoint on this? Am i the first to request this? (i highly doubt i'm the only one who wants this...)
Cheers,
Morgan
121 votesboom! it's done ·AdminSharePoint Experiences Team (spexcustomerengagement@service.microsoft.com, Microsoft SharePoint) responded
We’ve recently rolled out a markdown web part for modern pages that enables users more familiar with creating content in this syntax, to create pages using this method. Go forth and make beautiful pages :)
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