One thing that always annoyed was that the context menu in list items in SharePoint 2007 was on the title field or alternatively you had to put in an ‘Edit’ button.

Well no more in SharePoint 2010 as now you can easily customise a view to show the ECB on any field within a list.

1) Within any list click on Library (or List) -> Modify View -> Modify in SharePoint Designer (Advanced). This will open the list up in

Modify in SPD Option

2) For any field wait until you see the little < icon and then select the appropriate option from the men.

Common xsl options

Show List Item Menu: This will attach the context menu to the list item

Show Link To Item: This will take the user to the DispForm.aspx for the item.

The articles that I read and particularly liked this week were:

• Per Location View Settings from Japp Vossers: Its amazing how many new options there are in 2010 and how little people know about them!
• Creating Workflows in SharePoint 2007 17 part series: 17 pages of workflow goodness, especially good if you are trying to get a basic understanding about workflow.
• Branding SharePoint 2010 Collaboration Sites: Really good information on how the new SP2010 theming engine works, possibly the only information out there at the moment!
• 36 Software Start Up Tips: A great collection of tips for a software startup which I intend to use, if and when I finally own a start up that is.
• Building a SharePoint Development Farm: This has some really good information, more in depth than most of the other blog posts that I have read, about how to build a farm.
• Improvements in SharePoint 2010: MSDN article focusing on the improvements in workflow in SP2010. Talks about new workflow types, InfoPath 2010 and other workflow features.
• Styled Point: A site concentrating on SharePoint branding, where the hell is the RSS feed though

Remember if you like any of these articles let the authors know!

This is one of the few non SharePoint articles out there but I think a really cool tip.

If you like to create a short cut to ‘God Mode’ within Windows 7, which gives you every single option available to configure in Windows 7 in one easy spot, then simply create a folder with the following name:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Then instead of a folder you get the following icon:

Then when you click into it you have all the various options displayed like below, plus a few more. But in essence you can now administer all the possible functions from one place:

Options now available