Sharepoint 2013 CSR cannot override Title field

Question

I added a list view to a page. The List contain two columns "Title" and "ReleaseDate". The "Title" is the default column when I create the list. I have not changed the column name.

Here is part of my CSR js code. I call "ReleaseDateViewTemplate" for Title field by purpose. So that I can count how many "Hi" is returned.

overrideCtx.Templates.Fields = {
                "Title": {
            "View": ReleaseDateViewTemplate
        },
        "ReleaseDate": {
            "View": ReleaseDateViewTemplate
        }
    };

function ReleaseDateViewTemplate(ctx) 
{
    alert("hi");
    var date  = ctx.CurrentItem[ctx.CurrentFieldSchema.Name];
    var monthNames = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June","July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ]; 
    var d = new Date(date);
    return "<div class='dateBox'><div class='dayDateBox'>" + d.getDay() + "</div><div class='monthDateBox' >" +  monthNames[d.getMonth()] + "</div></div>";
}

According to my experiment, the ReleaseDateViewTemplate function have not been rendered on the Title field. But it rendered for ReleaseDate field. Any advice to debug it? Thanks.

Answer 1

The field name used in CSR code (I think it is not called "Internal field name" as it is referring another value?) for TITLE field are:

• Title (Title only, no link)
• LinkTitle (Title with link and with "..." suffix to open a dropdownmenu)
• LinkTitleNoMenu (Title with link to the document or file but no "..." suffix)

I cannot find any official reference about these field names.

In my code mentioned in question, I replace "Title" to "LinkTitleNoMenu" and everything is working.