Tip: Using the Preview Pane to View Items in a Large List
Imagine a quick way to see all of the information from items in your list without having to navigate to every single one of them and without having to horizontally scroll the browser to navigate thru a list with many columns. Well, accomplishing that is as simple as creating a new view using the preview pane view style. This feature is available in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.
To use the preview pane in a view, follow these simple steps:
- Create a new contacts list. (This is a good example since this list type has many columns by default.)
- On the List default view page, click Settings on the toolbar, and then click on Create View.
- Give the view a name and add all available columns.
- Scroll down to the Style section. Expand the section and select Preview Pane.
- Click OK.
- Hover over the list of items. Notice that as you hover each item, all info related to that item is displayed on the section to the right. The content of the preview pane appears in a similar fashion to the typical item display form. The end results looks similar to the following:
Note: “Group by” views are not available when using the preview pane.
Luis Angel Mex
SDET
