Generic List View Web Parts missing the View Selector drop-down – mitigation strategies


Had a user who accidentally (I assume, since he seems to think it’s because of  an operation I did well before that that was unrelated – see previous post) deleted the automatically created List View Web Part in the AllItems.aspx page.

Now he wants the full toolbar and the View Selector drop-down.

Well and good, but how?

I see two possible approaches.

  1. If the list is small and customizations relatively few, note the URL of the list and any customizations, save off content. Delete list. Start over, re-upload the content after the recreation. Don’t forget to create initially with whatever end of the URL you want for the list, then rename after the list is created at that URL.
  2. If the list is larger or customizations greater, do some fiddling with SharePoint Designer 2007, Datasheet View and XSLT.
  3. There is no third thing.

I don’t see any good ways of doing this in the UI only without just recreating the list entirely.

Anyone else have any good ideas?


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