Overview Expand / collapse (aka Accordion) is a very common requirement in SPFx web parts. There are various npm packages available for implementing this. In this article, we will explore implementing expand / collapse functionality in SPFx using plain JavaScript. Although the implementation is with plain JavaScript, it can also be used with React based… READ MORE
Overview Deploy Multi-Tab Microsoft Teams personal Tab Using SharePoint Framework. Creating and distributing an app built on the Microsoft Teams Platform involves deciding what to build, building your web services, creating an app package, and distributing that package to your target end users. SharePoint Framework is spreading its wings and is now ready to go… READ MORE
A SPFx table of contents for your SharePoint modern pages to direct the readers where they need to be, in addition to making your pages more reader-friendly. On your SharePoint pages, using a table of contents can be useful to direct the reader to exactly where they need to be, in addition to making your… READ MORE
Community Reporter Nicole Enders interviews Vesa Juvonen, Senior Program Manager, OneDrive – SharePoint Engineering. Video Transcript Nicole: Okay welcome to the ESPC 2019 we are sitting here at the community reporter booth I have Vesa here as my interviewee. Vesa: Thank You for having me. Nicole: You’re a principle program manager at Microsoft so for… READ MORE
The SharePoint Framework (SPFx) is a development framework for the modern SharePoint experience. It’s platform-agnostic, working on both PC and Mac, and is based on open source technologies such as Node.js, Gulp, Webpack, and Yeoman. With SPFx, it’s possible to add web parts to classic and modern pages with responsive and accessible controls. The performance is reliable and it’s possible… READ MORE
What is favicon? It is an icon associated with a particular website, typically displayed in the address bar of a browser accessing the site or next to the site name in a user’s list of bookmarks. To change the default favicon in classic SharePoint is straight forward process that basically involves a modification of the… READ MORE
Grow and enhance your skills with the European SharePoint, Office 365 & Azure Community. Joining the ESPC Community, gives you access to the online resource centre at sharepointeurope.com, providing the best, free content on SharePoint, Azure and Office 365. Topics covered include Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, SharePoint Framework, Office 365 Groups, OneDrive, PowerApps & Flow, Security,… READ MORE
SharePoint Framework is suddenly not an option and you feel sad because you need to go back to write plain JavaScript? You don’t have to and you really shouldn’t. Spend just a few minutes and you can do it in Typescript instead! Let me be super clear about this: you should always use SharePoint Framework… READ MORE
Lightning Tools has supported the European SharePoint Conference for many years as a sponsor, as well as the Founder Brett Lonsdale (Microsoft MVP) regularly speaking at the event in Vienna and Dublin. You can find them again this year on booth 52 in Copenhagen. We met up with Brett Lonsdale at Microsoft Ignite this year,… READ MORE
Whenever you start a new SharePoint project, you might depend on external libraries. These libraries are maybe small helper tools such as jQuery or maybe like to go beyond KnockOut or React. Let’s say you want to use Handlebars, VueJS or perhaps Angular 1.x. TL;DR On one Friday I tweeted that I was going to change and try to extend SPFx creating… READ MORE
