SharePoint Library Viewer Web Part Overview
The Modern SharePoint Library Viewer Web Part is the newest solution for rendering document data directly on a site page or news article. This web part is currently in preview and additional functional and support is constantly getting added.
The Web Part allows users to directly engage with the library data within a page by adding, editing, deleting, filtering, sorting, and more. By supporting views, we can target specific subsets of data and show limited subsets of columns to consumers. As it is constantly evolving, we can expect to see more features appear that will resemble the full document library experience down the road.
We see limits for the types of lists that are able to appear in this web part. Yet, is still a powerful tool for authors to surface dynamic content driven from a library.
SharePoint Library Viewer Key Features
Interactive options when interfacing with the web part:
- New: Add new office document or folder to the library
- Upload: Upload a new document from your desktop
- Edit: Click on the item title to get directed to the edit form (permissions required)
- Rename: Rename the file name of the selected document
- Delete: Select one or more items to be deleted (permissions required)
- Share: Promote item through standard SharePoint share functionality
- Filter: Refine results further by selecting a filter value
- Sort: Order results by ascending or descending order
- Group By: Group results by a given attributes
- See all: Navigate to the full stand-alone list
SharePoint Library Viewer Configurations
| Property | Type | Description |
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| List | Lookup | Choose an option from available libraries on the current web. . Some examples of template types that will appear as options include:
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| View | Lookup | Once the library is selected, a list of options will become available displaying the views that were found on the previously selected list. |
| Size | Choice | Determines the size in which the web part should render based on the number of rows. Available options include:
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