Have Icon or Title open document

Question

I don't want to show the file name for a document in a document library to my users who can only view the documents. Instead I want to show them the friendly Title. My challenge is that if I don't show the file name, there appears to be no column available the user can click to view the document.

Is there a way to accomplish this? Maybe make the Title be a link that opens the document or have the document type icon be a link to open the document?

I am using SharePoint Foundation 2013 in a hosted environment and thus cannot install any wsp files into SharePoint. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use the JS Link.

Add the following script to the JS file

(function () {

    var docsCtx = {};
    docsCtx.Templates = {};

    docsCtx.Templates.Fields = {
        'Title': {'View': titleFieldTemplate}     
    };

    SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(docsCtx);

})();

function titleFieldTemplate(ctx) {
    var url = ctx.CurrentItem.FileRef;
    var title = ctx.CurrentItem.Title;

    return '<a href="' + url + '">' + title + '</a>';
}

Refer the file path to the List View Web part JSLink property under Miscellaneous section.

It will display as below