Tag Archives: javascript

Open a SharePoint list in classic experience if link is missing

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Dan

The modern list experience in SharePoint is the default by now. But you can still revert to classic experience by clicking the link under the left navigation. But on communication sites the left nav is turned off by design. If … Continue reading →

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Popup opens as new browser window in Edge and Internet Explorer

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Dan

Problem: Opening a popup with JavaScript in Edge or Internet Explorer results in a new browser window instead of a popup window. For example:

Communication between the new window and originating site is not possible either, since both popup (above) … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer: ScriptImports is undefined

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Dan

Today I spent way too much time on hunting down a bug that occurred in Internet Explorer 11 running our intranet solution on SharePoint Online / 2016. The problem showed itself by throwing the following error in the console: The … Continue reading →

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Extending the JavaScript console with history recording

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Dan

The browser JavaScript console is a web developers best friend. Using console.log()  is essential for debugging your web apps. But there are a few annoyances. Two things that bother me for a while are: Reloading the page clears the console. … Continue reading →

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Heads-up if you use ADAL.JS on a site added to the “Trusted Sites” zone

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Dan

When working on a SharePoint Online solution that is using the ADAL.JS library for authentication, a customer reported strange problems. In our solution, our site sends the client to the authentication authority (Azure AD), which authenticates the client and forwards … Continue reading →

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Parse Visio SVG drawings with Snap.svg

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Dan

This tutorial shows how to: Load and work with SVG files using the Snap.svg JavaScript library. Parse SVG drawings exported from Visio 2013 to read data and interact with the shapes. To help with this I have exported a simple … Continue reading →

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Edit SharePoint property bags with SpPropertyBag.js bookmarklet

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Dan

SpPropertyBag.js is a drop-in JavaScript for editing SharePoint web properties (the “property bag”). Simply paste the script into the JavaScript console and run it to open a dialog where you can view, edit, add, and remove properties: Even easier is to … Continue reading →

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Using wildcard matching in any programming language

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Dan

Most computer savvy persons are familiar with using wildcards when listing files and similar operations. Wildcards are quite easy to understand and use. An asterisk * means match anything, and the lesser known question mark ? matches a single character. … Continue reading →

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Fixing the ‘PRM_ParserErrorDetails’ problem for SharePoint Apps

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Dan

Today I finally solved a problem that I have been trying to hunt down for a long time. I haven’t been  able to find any good help on this elsewhere, so let me share how I solved it. This is … Continue reading →

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Forcing JavaScript reload in Internet Explorer

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Dan

If you develop websites in Internet Explorer you may experience trouble reloading your  updated JavaScript. I ran into this problem myself when developing SharePoint Online  apps using IE11. The JavaScript was located on an external Azure website and did not … Continue reading →

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