SPFx list command sets | Update refresh list content

[Tanddant]

What type of issue is this?

Question

What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?

💥 SharePoint Framework

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

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• 💥 Safari
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Additional environment details

• Version 119.0.6045.160 (Official Build) (64-bit)
• Any (1.18.1)
• Node.js version v16.20.0

Issue description

I'm not really sure where to post this, but @VesaJuvonen linked me here during a ESPC Hot Seat Session

When building SPFx list command sets, I can update a list item via my code, but I cannot force the list to "re-render" - there used to be a hack where I could trick the DOM to "invalidate" the list contents, and force SP to update the list, but that no longer works, so my only option is to reload the entire page, creating a very 2005ish web experience ... and come on it's 2023, we should be able to build sleek web solutions.

Awesome work you're doing SPFx 🙌

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[matteomessmer]

Hi, do you have any update on this one?

[Feets20]

We're running into some very similar struggles, specifically on the new List UI. @reedpamsft apologies to bug you about this, but I was curious if you had any information on if this is something on your team's radar? Genuinely just curious as we've had to come up with some pretty "hacky" solutions to try and get the list experience to update quicker when we update list items through code.

[reedpamsft]

Thanks for the mention! I wasn't aware of this...

How are you updating the items? Directly calling APIs? Using a particular js library?

[Tanddant]

Usually either Graph or the SharePoint REST API (PnPjs 9 times out of 10)

[Feets20]

Our items are generally updated through CSOM, and we have our SPFx call C# APIs to to the data updates

[SPJS]

Any updates on this issue?

Alexander

[reedpamsft]

Sorry, it's on our radar now as a thing to fix. I'm actually surprised this doesn't work, so the investigation into how to fix it might be a little complex.