Sharepoint Modern – How to add a Picture Library

Sharepoint Modern – How to add a Picture Library

by | Feb 1, 2022 | Office 365, SharePoint

I wanted to create a Picture Library in SharePoint Modern but couldn’t find it as an App to add. Here’s how I solved the problem by creating a library containing images viewable as thumbnails.

Create a Picture Library displaying Thumbnails in SharePoint Modern

  1. Create a Document Library called Photos
  2. Open the new Library Settings – go to Advanced – choose Yes to Allow Management of Content Types
  3. Go back to Library Settings – under the Content types heading – click Change New button order and default content type
  4. Deselect the Document option, then Change Position from top of Picture to 1
  5. Open the Library – Use the Tiles view to see thumbnails of the images
  6. Save this new view as All Photos then set as default view

sharepoint modern picture library solved

Tip – modify the View to display more than the 30 items by default

How to fix: SharePoint opens an extra Browser Tab when opening a Link in the Quick Launch

How to fix: SharePoint opens an extra Browser Tab when opening a Link in the Quick Launch

by | Mar 4, 2021 | Office 365, SharePoint

I keep noticing an issue in SharePoint where Quick Launch links to Document Libraries in our SharePoint Modern sites started opening up an extra Untitled Tab in the web browser. This was driving me and our staff a little nuts.

If it’s happening on your SharePoint site – just delete the Quick Launch link and manually create another in the Site Settings > Navigation.

It seems that the cause “may” be with how the link to the Document Library was created. (I’ve found one link and tested this solution so far, maybe confirm in the Comments if you see and fix this the same way…)

I think if when creating the Document Library from the Site Contents Section New+ button you choose to “Show in Site Navigation” then that created Link somehow opens up an extra unwanted Tab…..However I created a test Document Library and Link – and it worked fine in Edge.

Sharepoint quick launch link opens two tabs extra tab

How to stop SharePoint Quick Launch Links opening an extra browser tab

If I create a Document Library in SharePoint and during the create process choose the option to add it to the Quick Launch navigation menu, it may open an extra unwanted browser tab when clicked.  If I then delete that Link and manually create a link in the Quick Launch Navigation the extra tab doesn’t get opened when clicking the SharePoint Document Library Link.

Sharepoint quick launch link opens two tabs extra tab

So I’m advising our Staff to create the SharePoint Document Library then manually create the Quick Launch link to avoid having SharePoint open two tabs when you click the link.