Customize "Edit Properties" form sharepoint 2013.

Question

I'd like to customize the form for the document.  However when it pops up I can't edit it like any other page.  In SP Designer I looked under the (library/forms) and see an EditForm.aspx.  However this deosn't appear to be it.  When I
renamed that the form still came up.  I  need to hide a column using Jquery.  It's a site column attached to the library so I can't hide it and I want it to appear in "View Properties" anyway.
Thanks.
Tom
Tom

Answer 1

Hi,
The SharePoint List Forms are generated through XSLT.
If you want to hide some information from Forms, each field has an attribute "ShowInEditForms", "ShowInNewForm", ...
You can change the values of those properties with powershell.
There is a sample script found on the URL below :
$url = "http://myserver:Port";
$list = "List";
$fieldname = "NewColumn";
#Setting up context
$contextSite = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite($url);
$contextWeb = $contextSite.OpenWeb();
$list = $contextWeb.Lists.TryGetList($list);
$field = $list.Fields[$fieldname];
# Controls Field in Edit Form
$field.ShowInEditForm = 1;
# Controls Field in New Form
$field.ShowInNewForm = 0;
# Controls Field in New Form
$field.ShowInDisplayForm = 1;
# Hides fields from list settings
$field.ShowInListSettings = 1;
# Hides fields from version history
$field.ShowInVersionHistory = 1;
# Hides fields form selection in views
$field.ShowInViewForms = 1;
# Don't forget to update this field
$field.Update();
# And finally dispose everything.
$contextWeb.Dispose();
$contextSite.Dispose();
You will find more information here :
http://www.n8d.at/blog/hide-fields-from-lists-and-content-types/
Best Regards,
Frederic
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