Happy Friday to all of you :)
People Picker is configured at the zone level for a farm by using
the Stsadm setproperty operation. By configuring the settings for the control,
you can filter and restrict the results that are displayed when a user searches
for a user, group, or claim. Those settings will apply to every site within the
site collection.
Problem Description:
While
editing a custom layout page that contains a people picker control, you spell
check the page. The spell check returns a large number of errors on the people
picker control.
Probable Causes:
During
the page editing process, SharePoint looks for text that are spell checking
candidates. The text is included unless the control is explicitly marked for
exclusion by a non-public attribute or by having its class set to
'ms-spellcheck-false'.
The people
picker control fails both tests and its text, in xml format, is included in the
spelling chunks.
Resolution:
Add a
small custom code to override the above behavior and exclude the control from
the spell checking. Follow the steps listed below:
1. Launch SharePoint Designer
and from the File Menu, choose Sites.
2. Open your site and from the
site objects menu on the left, select Page Layouts.
3. From the list of page
layouts on the right panel, right click on the page with the issue (the one
containing the people picker control) and select “Edit File in Advanced Mode”.
Note: If
the page is not checked-out, you will get a prompt for it. Click ‘Yes' for it.
- For the next steps, refer to the following
code example:
Step 1
On the HTML that defines the control, add an ID property if one does not exist already. You will need this ID for the next step. Your page should resemble something like this:
Step 1
On the HTML that defines the control, add an ID property if one does not exist already. You will need this ID for the next step. Your page should resemble something like this:
<table>
<tr>
<td>
Contact:<SharePointWebControls:UserField FieldName="Publishing Contact" runat="server" ID="PeoplePicker1">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<tr>
<td>
Contact:<SharePointWebControls:UserField FieldName="Publishing Contact" runat="server" ID="PeoplePicker1">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Step 2
before the last statement on the page (the </asp: Content> tag), add the following script:
before the last statement on the page (the </asp: Content> tag), add the following script:
<script type="text/javascript">
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("OverrideSpelling");
function OverrideSpelling(){
var $fld_in = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
var $fld_tx = document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
_spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("OverrideSpelling");
function OverrideSpelling(){
var $fld_in = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
var $fld_tx = document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
for( $i = 0; $i < $fld_in.length; $i ++ ) {
var $inputName = $fld_in[$i].getAttribute('name');
if($inputName.indexOf('PeoplePicker1') != -1) {
$fld_in[$i].className = 'ms-spellcheck-false';
}
}
for( $i = 0; $i < $fld_tx.length; $i ++ ) {
var $inputName = $fld_tx[$i].getAttribute('name');
if($inputName.indexOf('PeoplePicker1') != -1) {
$fld_tx[$i].setAttribute("excludeFromSpellCheck","true");
}
}
}
</script>
var $inputName = $fld_in[$i].getAttribute('name');
if($inputName.indexOf('PeoplePicker1') != -1) {
$fld_in[$i].className = 'ms-spellcheck-false';
}
}
for( $i = 0; $i < $fld_tx.length; $i ++ ) {
var $inputName = $fld_tx[$i].getAttribute('name');
if($inputName.indexOf('PeoplePicker1') != -1) {
$fld_tx[$i].setAttribute("excludeFromSpellCheck","true");
}
}
}
</script>
1. Note the bold value on the function
argument. You will need to use the same ID that was used on the control
declaration.
2.
Save the page and try the spell check now.
Save the page and try the spell check now.
3. The page should now exclude the
people picker control from the spell check.
If you have
any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let
me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues :) Happy SharePoint to all of you :)
