Customizing document library views

When browsing content in the document library it is possible to select from a variety of views including:

These views are selected from the Options button.

The share-documentlibrary-config.xml file controls what views will be available as options when browsing the Document Library, My Files, Shared Files, and Repository pages. It is also possible to use a module that provides evaluated configuration to have the options change based on criteria such as site name, site preset, user group, and so on.

It is possible to customize these views, and also add additional view types through configuration in the share-documentlibrary-config.xml file. These views are also present in the My Files, Shared Files and Repository pages.

The views are rendered by view renderers, which have various attributes and also a block of configuration (in JSON) associated with them. For example:

  
<view-renderer id="email" iconClass="table" label="button.view.email" index="50" widget="Alfresco.DocumentListTableViewRenderer">
     <dependencies>
        <js src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-detailed.js" />
        <js src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-table.js" />
        <css src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-table.css" />
     </dependencies>
     <json-config>
        {
           "actions": {
              "show": "true"
           },
           "indicators": {
              "show": "true"
           },
           "selector": {
              "show": "true"
           },
           "thumbnail": {
              "show": "false"
           },
           "propertyColumns": [
              {
                 "property": "cm:originator",
                 "label": "table.email.label.originator",
                 "link": "true"
              },
              {
                 "property": "cm:subjectline",
                 "label": "table.email.label.subjectline",
                 "link": "true"
              },
              {
                 "property": "cm:sentdate",
                 "label": "table.email.label.sentdate"
              },
              {
                 "property": "cm:addressee",
                 "label": "table.email.label.addressee"
              },
              {
                 "property": "cm:addressees",
                 "label": "table.email.label.addressees"
              },
              {
                 "property": "cm:attachments",
                 "label": "table.email.label.attachments"
              }
           ]
        }
     </json-config>
  </view-renderer>  
  

The following snippet shows a custom simplified view called "minimalist":

      
    <view-renderer id="minimalist" iconClass="table" label="button.view.minimalist" index="60" widget="Alfresco.DocumentListTableViewRenderer">
      <dependencies>
        <js src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-simple.js" />
        <js src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-table.js" />
        <css src="components/documentlibrary/documentlist-view-table.css" />
      </dependencies>
      <json-config>
        {
           "actions": {
              "show": "false"
           },
           "indicators": {
              "show": "false"
           },
           "selector": {
              "show": "true"
           },
           "thumbnail": {
              "show": "false"
           },
           "propertyColumns": [
              {
                 "property": "cm:name",
                 "label": "table.minimalist.label.name",
                 "link": "true"
              }
           ]
        }
      </json-config>
    </view-renderer>      
      
    

Note that the value of labels such as table.minimalist.label.name are set in properties files, so that multiple translations can be provided.

The minimalist custom view uses the Table View renderer.

There are four columns that are always present in the table, which can be hidden if required:

All other columns must be defined in the propertyColumns array. The property attribute can be set to either a document property, such as cm:name or a metadata template renderer such as size, tags or date.