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SharePoint Modern Library: Cannot exit “Expand content” mode

After clicking on the “Expand content” command button I have found myself scratching my head:

Where is the “Collapse content” command button?
Where has the command ribbon gone?

SharePoint Modern Library Experience: “Expand content” command

Well, the command ribbon is still there, it is just hidden by the ‘top placeholder’. Or more precisely, what has loaded into the ‘top placeholder’. For example: Hub Site Navigation or a SPFx Extension.

Having done a few web searches, I’m not the only one seeing this bug and apparently Microsoft is planning to fix the bug. In the meantime, here are two workarounds:

Delete your browser cache (including cookies) and reload the page
Open your browser’s developer tools (e.g. press F12).
- Select the ‘Console’ tab
- Paste in the following code
- Press enter

document.querySelectorAll("button[title='Collapse content']")[0].click();

And now you should see the modern command ribbon again.

March 17, 2020

Siôn Lewis

SharePoint, SharePoint 2019, SharePoint Online, Workaround

Command Ribbon, Expand content, Modern Experience, Modern Library, Modern Ribbon, SharePoint Library, SharePoint List

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SharePoint Modern Library: Cannot exit “Expand content” mode

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