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

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Steps Involved

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Step 9 : Click on Edit HTML source.

Step 10 : HTML source window will pop up.

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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.

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Step 14 : In the content editor web part you could find a button named ""Get Field Name", click on that button.
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Step 15 : Alert will pop up displaying the field names as shown in the following.

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 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.