Collections (List views) - Only non element fields accessible in custom columns

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Hi All,

I’m working on an Umbraco 16 (16.3.3) solution. I’m trying to create a custom collection list for a one of my doc types. When setting up the list I’m trying to add a custom field as a column within the “Columns Displayed“ area

My composition doc type is an Element type as I use it for both blocks and standard doc types.

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When I “Choose” to pick a custom column in the document type list, the Element document type is greyed out and not accessible.

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This means I can’t use any of the fields contained within it as custom columns. If I untick the “Is an Element Type“ box for this composition I can then pick these fields but I can no longer share this doc type with block lists.

Is there a reason that element types can’t be picked for for custom columns?

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Hi @craigFactory73

I believe it won’t allow element types because they aren’t classed as published content that can be used in the tree.

I thought you potentially could work around this by selecting a document type containing the composition but it seems that the fields from a composition aren’t selectable against the document type either.

I think this may be a limitation or potential bug with the collection view. I’ve tested this with v16 and v17 and it seems to have the same issue.

It may be one to raise as a bug or future improvement with Umbraco but it’s annoying as you can do this with v13.

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