SharePoint - Content Query Web Part open item in edit view

I like the CQWP and how you can load items from other locations. The default action behind an item that is shown by the CWQP is loading the display view. I really wanted to open the edit mode.  Thanks to the Internet and my colleague Marnix I figured it out!

You have to follow these instructions:

• Open SharePoint Designer
• Click at All Files
• Click at Style Library
• Click at XSL Style Sheets
• Make a back-up of ContentQueryMain and ItemStyle
• Check out ContentQueryMain and add the following code:

    <xsl:template name="OuterTemplate.GetEditLink">

    <xsl:param name="UrlColumnName"/>

    <xsl:if test="$UseCopyUtil = 'True'">

      <xsl:value-of select="concat($RootSiteRef,'/_layouts/CopyUtil.aspx?Use=id&amp;Action=editform&amp;ItemId=',@ID,'&amp;ListId=',@ListId,'&amp;WebId=',@WebId,'&amp;SiteId=',$SiteId,'&amp;Source=',$Source)"/>

    </xsl:if>

    <xsl:if test="$UseCopyUtil != 'True'">

      <xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.GetSafeStaticUrl">

        <xsl:with-param name="UrlColumnName" select="$UrlColumnName"/>

      </xsl:call-template>

    </xsl:if>

  </xsl:template>

• Save and check in and publish
• Check out ItemStyle and add the following code:

<xsl:template name="NameOfTheTemplate" match="Row[@Style=' NameOfTheTemplate']" mode="itemstyle">

        <xsl:variable name="SafeLinkUrl">

            <xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.GetEditLink">

                <xsl:with-param name="UrlColumnName" select="'LinkUrl'"/>

            </xsl:call-template>

        </xsl:variable>

        <xsl:variable name="DisplayTitle">

            <xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.GetTitle">

                <xsl:with-param name="Title" select="@Title"/>

                <xsl:with-param name="UrlColumnName" select="'LinkUrl'"/>

            </xsl:call-template>

        </xsl:variable>

        <div class="item link-item bullet">

            <xsl:call-template name="OuterTemplate.CallPresenceStatusIconTemplate"/>

            <a onclick="javascript:SP.UI.ModalDialog.ShowPopupDialog('{$SafeLinkUrl}'); return false;" onmouseover="javascript:this.style.cursor='hand';" title="{@LinkToolTip}">

                        <xsl:value-of select="$DisplayTitle"/>

            </a>

        </div>

    </xsl:template> 

• Save, Check in and Publish.

The last thing you have to do is edit the CQWP and use the itemstyle. That should do the trick!

I want to thank the author of this article:
http://www.aaune.org/wiki/index.php?title=CQWP_Direct_link_to_Editform

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