FieldLeafRef column in List

Question

On SharePoint 2013 Server, "FieldLeafRef" field appears on lists as well. Is this normal? Biggest issue I have so far is on lists, I can no longer add new item on quick edit mode. When I pulled properties of this field (listed below), it show
it's "Required" to "True". But isn't this field supposed to be effective to Document library only? Any help on how can I resolve it so that this field is not required and stays hidden for lists and required on document library?
FieldRenderingControl : Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls.FileField
FieldRenderingMobileControl : Microsoft.SharePoint.MobileControls.SPMobileFileField
FieldRenderingMobileWebControl : Microsoft.SharePoint.Mobile.WebControls.SPMobileFileField
JSLink : clienttemplates.js
FieldTypeDefinition : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFieldTypeDefinition
TypeDisplayName : File
XPath :
AggregationFunction :
PrimaryPITarget :
PrimaryPIAttribute :
PITarget :
PIAttribute :
TypeShortDescription : File
FieldValueType :
ParentList :
DefaultListField : False
InternalName : FileLeafRef
EntityPropertyName : FileLeafRef
Id : 8553196d-ec8d-4564-9861-3dbe931050c8
Indexed : False
NoCrawl : False
Indexable : False
CompositeIndexable : NotCompositeIndexable
EnforceUniqueValues : False
AuthoringInfo : (for use in forms)
Title : Name
TitleResource : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUserResource
DescriptionResource : Microsoft.SharePoint.SPUserResource
Description :
RelatedField :
Group : _Hidden
PreviewValueTyped :
DefaultValueTyped :
DefaultValue :
DefaultFormula :
ValidationFormula :
ValidationMessage :
ValidationEcmaScript : function(x){return 1}
Type : File
TypeAsString : File
ShowInDisplayForm :
ShowInEditForm :
ShowInListSettings :
ShowInNewForm :
ShowInViewForms :
FromBaseType : False
Sealed : False
CanBeDeleted : True
AllowDeletion :
CanToggleHidden : True
DisplaySize :
Required : True
ReadOnlyField : False
Hidden : False
Direction : none
JumpToField :
IMEMode :
ShowInVersionHistory : False
Sortable : True
ListItemMenu : False
ListItemMenuAllowed : Allowed
LinkToItem : False
LinkToItemAllowed : Allowed
CalloutMenu : False
CalloutMenuAllowed : Allowed
Filterable : True
FilterableNoRecurrence : False
Reorderable : True
CanBeDisplayedInEditForm : False
FieldReferences :
SchemaXmlWithResourceTokens : <Field ID="{8553196d-ec8d-4564-9861-3dbe931050c8}" Name="FileLeafRef" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3" StaticName="FileLeafRef" Group="_Hidden"
ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" ShowInVersionHistory="FALSE" Type="File" DisplayName="$Resources:core,Name;" AuthoringInfo="$Resources:core,for_use_in_forms;" List="Docs"
FieldRef="ID" ShowField="LeafName" JoinColName="DoclibRowId" JoinRowOrdinal="0" JoinType="INNER" Required="TRUE" Sealed="FALSE" Version="6" Hidden="FALSE"
CanToggleHidden="TRUE" />
SchemaXml : <Field ID="{8553196d-ec8d-4564-9861-3dbe931050c8}" Name="FileLeafRef" SourceID="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3" StaticName="FileLeafRef" Group="_Hidden"
ShowInFileDlg="FALSE" ShowInVersionHistory="FALSE" Type="File" DisplayName="Name" AuthoringInfo="(for use in forms)" List="Docs" FieldRef="ID" ShowField="LeafName"
JoinColName="DoclibRowId" JoinRowOrdinal="0" JoinType="INNER" Required="TRUE" Sealed="FALSE" Version="6" Hidden="FALSE" CanToggleHidden="TRUE" />
PushChangesToLists : False
Version : 6
TranslationXml :
SourceId : http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/v3
StaticName : FileLeafRef
UsedInWebContentTypes : True
Scope : /sites/testSite
MK Sin

Answer 1

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you had the document content type name field in the list.
The FileLeafRef is the internal name of the Name field in the document content type.
By default, the name field could not be added in the list.
Did someone do some operations or customize for the list?
To quickly and accurately find the issue, I recommend you check with the ULS log to see if anything unexpected occurred.
For SharePoint 2013, by default, ULS log is at
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\LOGS
You can remove the filed by the following method.
SPList list = web.Lists["ListName"];
SPField field = list.Fields["Name"];
field.Sealed = false;
field.Update();
list.Fields["Name"].Delete();
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/248/how-do-you-remove-fields-from-a-custom-list-in-sharepoint-that-have-been-added-v
Thanks & Regards,
Jason
Jason Guo
TechNet Community Support