Hide fields in new item menu

Question

I have followed the answer described in Hide list column on new, edit item-OOTB

But what I found is when editing the column from the content type, i found the hidden menu is disabled.

Content type description :

Approved field settings :

Why does this problem occur?

Answer 1

It happens for Yes/No (check box) column but it is possible to hide it from SharePoint Designer. Follow below steps to hide from Designer.

1. Open site in designer
2. Click On List/Library from left side
3. Click on your list
4. Click on edit content type
5. Click multiple times (may be it is six times) on your column and then you will get your column in edit mode. Now select the option from drop-down menu.

Answer 2

Alternative Solution

If you want hide any field from NEW/VIEW/EDIT item Forms. Then you can simply achieve this using SPUtility.js, Its very simple and useful. You can download js file from sputility

Steps:

1. Edit NEW/VIEW/EDIT item form in SharePoint UI.
2. Add Script editor web part.

Add the following script in Script editor web part.

<script src="/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/sputility.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
SPUtility.HideSPField('FieldNameToHide');  
});
</script>

Ok & Save the page. Now specified field will not be visible.

If you want to Show that field again then you can use,

<script src="/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="/sputility.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
SPUtility.ShowSPField('FieldNameToShow');
});
</script>

SPUtility.js is a JavaScript library used to make modifications to SharePoint's list forms (NewForm.aspx, DispForm and EditForm.aspx in a survey, custom list or library). It works with SharePoint 2007, 2010, and 2013 (including SharePoint Online / Office 365).

SPUtility.js Documentation

Answer 3

Here's a little SharePoint PnP function to update a field Hidden setting

function setFieldHidden([string]$inListName,[string]$inContentTypeName,[string]$infieldTitle,[int]$hide1vis0){

$Connection = Get-PnPConnection #assumes you are connected to PnP site.

# Get list content type object
$ListContentType = Get-PnPContentType -list $inListName -Identity $inContentTypeName
$lcFields = Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject $ListContentType -Connection $Connection -Property "Fields" 
foreach($field in $lcFields){

    if($field.Title -eq $infieldTitle){

        $ListContentTypeField = $field
     }
}



$ListContentTypeField

# Code to set content type field hidden
$ListContentType.FieldLinks.GetById($ListContentTypeField.Id).Hidden = $hide1vis0

# Update(UpdateChildren – bool), this value indicates whether the children content type(inheriting from this Content Type) needs to be updated. 0 = False, 1 = True
$ListContentType.Update(0)

$Connection.Context.ExecuteQuery()


}