How to insert a custom view?

Question

Hi,
I have created a ListView on a custom layout page:
<SharePoint:ListView runat="server" ID="ListView1" />
SPWeb web = SPContext.Current.Web;
SPList list = web.Lists["TestList"];
SPView view = list.DefaultView;
try
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
view.TabularView = false; // hide the left-most column containing checkboxes
view.Update();
finally
web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
ListView1.ListId = list.ID.ToString();
ListView1.ViewId = view.ID.ToString();
I'd like to insert my layout page into the menu in the page header:
How can I insert a menu item to the above menu that would lead to my layout page?
Thanks,
Leszek
Wiki: wbswiki.com

Answer 1

Hi,
if the whole purpose is hiding the checkbox, then you should use JSLink property of the view, instead of creating a new layout page...
The following javascript will hide the checkbox column.
(function () {
var overrideCtx = {};
overrideCtx.Templates = {};
overrideCtx.OnPostRender = postRenderHandler;
SPClientTemplates.TemplateManager.RegisterTemplateOverrides(overrideCtx);
function postRenderHandler(ctx) {
$('td.ms-cellStyleNonEditable, th.ms-headerCellStyleIcon').hide();
Just add the script in js file, deploy in layout folder. Then edit the view page, and refer the js file in JSLink. 
More details on how to configure JSLink can be found in the following links:
http://www.rbradbrook.co.uk/blog/2013/04/14/introduction-to-client-side-rendering-in-sharepoint-2013/
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/620110/SharePoint-Client-Side-Rendering-List-Views
Thanks,
Sohel Rana
http://ranaictiu-technicalblog.blogspot.com