I am new to SharePoint, and I am implementing a team site. I can’t use SharePoint designer in our company, and don’t have access to the server , but I have full control permission as being member of the owner of the site.
    I have created document library which content folders, by default folder are ordered in the library in the alphabetical order, as requirement for the site I need to have the folder in a particular order in the library.Â
 From idea got online, I have created a content type contenttype1 containing a numeric columns that I have associated to the folder I want in a particular order in my library which help me to change the default alphabetical folder ordered to a wanted order. My concern is that the contenttype1 appears in the new document menu and is the only content type that will be in that document library. I would like it not to appear there.
I have tried the change new button order option in the library to hide the content type, but it does help as that library have only 1 content type and to hide a content type not to appear in new button using change new button order an out of box feature option, the library need to have more than 1 content type such that at least 1 is not hidden. but in my case the library have only 1 content type.
- Is there any out of box solution to hide a content type to display in the new document menu other thechange new button order ?or any other solution that doesn’t need designer that a site owner may implement with his permission level.
Thanks.
Hello,
You do not have to create a document content type. There is one already. It is the default content type any time you create a library. If you only have the Folder content type everything you put in the document library will be considered a “Folder”. This could cause some issues with search but I am not sure. I have never removed the default content type from a library. If I am not using a custom content type I just leave document as the default.Â
I am not aware of a way to hide all content types in the new document menu. I have never needed to do so.