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How to filter list view with URL parameter?
Filter list view with url parameter. Strange behavior in Internet Explorer (SharePoint 2013) I have a link opening the listview AllItems.aspx with specific filter parameter in the url which works fine.
How to use query string parameters as filters?
To use the query string parameters as filters you can use the Query String Filter Web Part and connect to a List View Web Part on a Web Part page. Hi this was a useful post ( I know it is old but I found it!), but I ran into problems with my URL and characters that the string builder didn’t like – the ‘you cant have [%%]’ error message
This is presumably because it’s doing some extra work behind the scenes to monitor the links and keep them up to date when the page that’s being linked to is renamed or deleted. Interestingly, if you link to a location on a different site, or outside of SharePoint entirely, it’ll keep the query string parameters.
How to filter a SharePoint list or library using URL?
Then we simply add a bit of text to the end of the list’s URL. Go to Settings > List settings (or List/Library > List/Library Settings in classic views). Select the column to filter from under Columns. Check the URL for the text following &Field= for the internal field name. Note this somewhere as we’ll need it soon.
Why do I get strange behavior in Internet Explorer?
But if the user tries to change the filter of the prefiltered column, e.g. by selecting “Include Descendants” or “Clear Filters from [ColumnName]” I get a strange behavior in Internet Explorer.
Can a Firefox paramter be added in Internet Explorer?
While it works in Firefox and the url parameters get changed, in Internet Explorer a set of (strange encoded) parameters will be added after the initial url paramters. The added paramters beginning with #InplviewHash will not be processed by the borwser and for the user nothing changes.