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How to get the current list item in ECMAScript?
There’s all kinds of ECMAScript class library examples around but all of the ones I find show how to retrieve all list items (through SP.ClientContent) but how do you get the current list item? I’m trying to call some JavaScript through a custom ribbon button that’s on the List display popup and pass the ID of the current item to a new URL.
Moreover, SP 2013 has an object named WPQ2FormCtx and it also holds the ID of the current item in the Display/Editform: This should be what you’re looking for: http://johnliu.net/blog/2012/2/3/sharepoint-javascript-current-page-context-info.html
How to get the current list item in JavaScript?
Which would call this method in a JavaScript file I included in the solution: This creates a modal dialog and displays the specific view I want filtered on the item id I pass in. Thanks for the input everyone!
How to get the current list item in a dialog?
The real answer to get the currently selected item in a dialog is to use the URL tokens. The only “official” page that I found on MSDN that lists these is here: I couldn’t find any page on the 2010 documentation with the list and the 2010 version of this page removes that section. Others have blogged about it but it’s somewhat obscure.
How do you get the current list item in?
Brage’s answer is correct if I had a selection of items to work from. For this to work, you must enable item selection on the view and let the user select more than one item. SP.ListOperation.Selection will give you back a collection of list items which you can then display on a page or use as a dropdown or something.
How to retrieve all list properties in JavaScript?
Retrieving All Properties of All Lists in a Website Using JavaScript To return all the lists of a website, load the list collection through the load (clientObject) method, and then call executeQueryAsync (succeededCallback, failedCallback). The following example displays the URL of the website and the date and time that the list was created.
How do you get a list in JavaScript?
In JavaScript, you specify Include as part of the query string that is passed to the load (clientObject) method in order to specify which properties to return. The following example uses this approach to return only the title and ID of each list in the collection.
How to tell if a command is enabled or disabled?
A script statement that is executed to determine whether the command is enabled or disabled. The script expression should return a **Boolean** value, **true** if the command is enabled and **false** if not. If the ribbon is disabled, commands are grayed out and are not clickable.
**Note**: The **EnabledScript** attribute doesn’t work on custom actions deployed to the host web by an SharePoint Add-in. A script statement that is executed to determine whether the command is enabled or disabled. The script expression should return a **Boolean** value, **true** if the command is enabled and **false** if not.