Clicking on LinkTitle in list opens allitems instead of custom application form

Question

Hello, This question is pertaining to SharePoint 2010.
I have one list which has two content types. We have modified the detault forms (new,edit and display) of each content type to its individual custom application pages. We have done this through coding.
SPContentType CT1= requestsList.ContentTypes["CT1"];
//Change Edit and edit URL to custom application page
CT1.NewFormUrl = "_layouts/folder/customnewapplicationpage.aspx;
CT1.EditFormUrl = "_layouts/folder/customeditapplicationpage.aspx;
CT1.DisplayFormUrl = "_layouts/folder/customdisplayapplicationpage.aspx;
//Delete the default from to enable custom application pages.
CT1.XmlDocuments.Delete("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3/contenttype/forms/url");
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
CT1.Update();
list.Update();
And same update for the other content type. Everything works well.
When we click on new, custom new form opens, when we click on edit, custom edit form opens, when we click on view item, custom view form opens for respective content type. The problem is when we click on linktitle field value in allitems.aspx, it opens up
allitems.aspx page instead of opening display form as model dialog which is does when we click on view item by either selecting in ECB menu or from ribbon.
On custom application pages, I am using SharePoint:SaveButton to save values so that I do not need to write down the code.
I just tested one thing that, if we have our custom button and if we write traditional way to inserting list item into the list with specifying ContentTypeId in list item, then this problem does not appear. This is when SharePoint:SaveButton is clicked and
item is saved, at this time problem appears. I prefer going with SharePoint:SaveButton as I have more than 70 fields on the form and do not want to write a code to set values for 70 fields by doing SPList.AddItem()
According to me, SharePoint:SaveButton is saving list item inside folder because when we update the view and set to show items without folder, I cannot see list items saved using SharePoint:SaveButton click. But when i switch back to show items with
folder, all items appear. This may be the reason when I click on LinkTitle directly on that hyperlink, it opens up AllItems.aspx with FolderCTId={} as one of the query string.
Any pointers would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi,
We can do as follows:
1. Change the URL of Title field to the URL of custom application page using JavaScript.
2. Create a calculated column and set formula: ="<a href='"&UrlFieldName&"'>"&Title&"</a>", then we can use it as a “Title” column.
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/58954/link-title-in-list-to-value-in-url-column
3. If you want to customize list form and use  SharePoint:SaveButton control to save the data, the following articles for your reference:
http://ariwibawa-sharepoint.blogspot.com/2012/12/make-addeditview-custom-form-and-custom.html
http://thesharepointdive.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/list-forms-deployment-for-sharepoint-2010-part-1-of-4/
Thanks,
Dennis Guo
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