It’s been a long time since there’s been any significant changes to the user interface of a SharePoint document library. Microsoft decided to update the layout and make it a bit more “OneDrive-like” in terms of layout and filters. Here’s what it now looks like and how it works…
Category: SharePoint Online
Changing the look of the header on your SharePoint site
Out of the box, the header on your SharePoint site pages are pretty plain. But there is a way that you can add some flair to it, especially if you want to make it stand out or apply a bit of theming. You do this using the Change the look option. This is now it works…
Retiring Power BI “Visualize the List” and “Visualize the Library” Features in SharePoint Online
If you have used the legacy Power BI integration in your SharePoint list or library (Visualize the List or Visualize the Library), you need to know that this feature is going to be retired starting in mid-November. Here’s what those options look like, and the information that Microsoft has provided on what replaces it…
Share Stream videos as View But Not Download
There are certain situations where you want to share a video with an audience so they can view it, but you don’t want them to be able to download or copy it. Now you can do that with the sharing option of Can view, but not download. Here’s how that works…
Instantly Make the Settings Gear Icon Appear in SharePoint
One of my colleagues in the Microsoft 365 world posted this on his blog today, and it makes me so happy… When you are going to a SharePoint site, often the Settings Gear icon in the upper-right corner takes 5 to 10 seconds to load. That is a pain when you really just want to get to permissions or site contents. But with this little hack, you can get the gear to show up instantly with a single click. Here’s how that works…
Using Section Templates on a SharePoint page
I had my mind blown away by Sandra today when she showed me a new feature in SharePoint pages… Section Templates! Now, you can design pages that look *really* awesome without having to be a design wiz. Here’s where they are and how they work and look…
Seeing the Time To Read on SharePoint News posts
This new SharePoint News feature is one I really like… When you create a new SharePoint News post, the page will calculate the time it takes to read, presenting you with a read time number in the title bar of the article. Here’s what it looks like and how to turn it off if you want…
Using Design Ideas for a Quick Links web part
I *love* tips that show how to get design help when building SharePoint pages. I have very little sense of design, so my pages can look pretty blah… especially around Quick Links web parts. But using the Design Ideas feature for that web part, you can get some really attractive options that break away from the traditional look and feel. Here’s how that works and looks…
SharePoint Alerts retirement
So this is the end of an era… the ability to set alerts in a SharePoint list or library is being retired. Microsoft is recommending more modern notification solutions for those types of notifications. Here’s what they have shared…