Get the Field Name from a Specified View in the SharePoint 2010

Introduction:

In this article you will see how to get the field name from a specified view in the SharePoint 2010 list using ECMAScript. I have a list named "List Request" from which I need to get the field name from a particular view (for example: "All Items"). In this I will show you how to get the field name from "All Items" view. My "All Items" view has the following view fields.

Step 1

Steps Involved

•      Navigate to the SharePoint site ( I have a site page created in my site where I am going to add the content editor web part).

•      Go to Site Actions, click on Edit Page.

Step 2 : Click on Insert tab in the ribbon interface and then click on Web Part button.

Step 3 : Select Media and Content in the Categories section and then click on Content Editor.

 Step 4 : Click on Add.

 Step 5 : Content editor web part will be added to the site page.

 Step 6 : Click on down arrow and then click on Edit Web Part.

Step 7 : Click on "Click here to add new content".

Step 8 : Click on Format Text tab in the ribbon interface and then click on HTML drop down.

Step 9 : Click on Edit HTML source.

Step 10 : HTML source window will pop up.

Step 11 : Copy and paste the following script.

code :
<script language="ecmascript" type="text/ecmascript">
       var web = null;
       var listCollection = null;
       var list = null;
       var viewCollection = null;
       var view = null;
       var value = null;
       var viewFieldColl = null;
       function getFieldName() {
           var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
           if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {
               this.web = clientContext.get_web();
               this.listCollection = web.get_lists();
               this.list = listCollection.getByTitle("List Request");
               this.viewCollection = list.get_views();
               this.view = viewCollection.getByTitle("All Items");
               this.viewFieldColl = view.get_viewFields();
               clientContext.load(this.viewFieldColl);
               clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
           }
       }
       function onQuerySucceeded() {
           this.value = viewFieldColl.get_item(0);
           alert(value)
       }
       function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
           alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
       }</script>
    <input id="btnGetFieldName" onclick="getFieldName()" type="button" value="Get Field Name" />

 Step 12 : Click on Ok.

 Step 13 : In the ribbon interface click on Save & Close button.

Step 14 : In the content editor web part you could find a button named ""Get Field Name", click on that button.

Step 15 : Alert will pop up displaying the field names as shown in the following.

Reference

SP.ViewFieldCollection.item Property - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee548413.aspx

Summary

Thus in this article you have seen how to get the field name from the specified view in the SharePoint 2010 list.