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Customizing the new item screen

Asked By: Tanesha Roach Date: Feb 06, 2009 Category: Sharepoint Views: 238

I am trying to find a way to have cascading drop down list
functionality from the add new list item screen. Example: I have two
columns that are "choice" types, Animal and Breed. I want the selection
of animal to narrow the breed choices. Any easy way to do this with the
OOB new list screen or is building a custom webpart to do my data entry
going to be my best option? Any other suggestions?

Tagged:customizing the new item screen

4 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Brianna Olson Answered On: Feb 06, 2009

Try creating a custom field type.

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417414.aspx

Answer #2 Answered By: Allyson Burgess Answered On: Feb 06, 2009

There is no out of the box way to do this, but you've got several other possible
solutions.

1) As you said build a custom web part for data entry

2) Use SharePoint Designer to modify the New page to add logic for the
cascading dropdowns. This is probably just as much work as the web part, but
has the advantage of being the only data entry screen.

3) Write a custom Field type that will do Cascading drop downs and include
that in your list.

Answer #3 Answered By: Anila Bhuva Answered On: Feb 06, 2009

I forgot to include a BLOG entry with a sample for the custom cascading field
type.

datacogs.com/datablogs/archive/2007/08/26/641.aspx

Answer #4 Answered By: Elaine Mack Answered On: Feb 06, 2009

You may also look at this from Bamboo solutions. 3 custom fields for
$400 per WFE seems pretty good if you compare that to actual
development cost.

store.bamboosolutions.com/ps-75-5-sharepoint-custom-column-
pack.aspx

I have looked at this but not pulled the trigger yet.

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