Custom List Form Field: Design Issues, loss of default formatting

Question

Hello, I have a Custom List form field however when in Edit mode, the layout is far from the same as the default EditForm.aspx. The reason I chose the Custom List Form was so that I could customize the Cancel and Submit buttons however when doing so, the fields are not formatted the same where the actual list form field names appear above the editable field. The list form field will display as a box with the column title name included.

Is there anyway to remove that formatting or correct to be the same as the default EditForm.aspx?

Also I have a Multi-line text box with the 'Append' capabilities and when I converted to custom list form, it seems to have lost that, how can I retrieve the 'append' functionality in the custom list form for a task list?

Answer 1

I haven't tried it but may be the instruction from Microsoft site will help you with creating custom list forms.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/HA101191111033.aspx

Answer 2

Hello pl7626 thanks for the article, I have actually followed these steps to a 'T' but still not working right. Basically the edit field items still show up with the labels on them when I actually go to edit an item. The weird thing is that when I preview the custom form field, the edit form displays without the labels. Really weird and not sure how to correct...Any other ideas?

Answer 3

Is there anyway you can post a screenshot of the edit fields. I'm just having difficulty picturing the issue. Do you not want any labels at all for your fields? In that case, users won't know what field is for what kind of data.

Answer 4

Hello again, its ok I figure it out. Actually the Microsoft article does not work and complicates matters. The way I solved was to create a New .aspx page using one of my master pages. From there, I insert a custom list form into that page and save it back to the List folder that contains the Edit, Display forms.

For some reason, and I am not sure why, in SPD copying the EditForm.aspx and adding custom content using the MS method did not work for me. What happens is the field for instance lets just say the 'Title' field displays in a box of its own inside of the actual cell with the 'Title' label included, thus expanding the form throwing the design off.