LinkToItem not linking to document

Question

I have tried linkToItem="TRUE" but it doesn't work on my SP2013 version but LinkToItem="TRUE" does.

Only one issue, the LinkToItem doesn't open the file, it just opens the edit/item screen.

How do I link a column to open the actual document with the selected method in SharePoint(Open in client application/browser). Is there a LinkToFile or something similar I could use?

check this one http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/sharepoint/en-US/c3eb964c-778c-417c-806f-743d940044f7/how-to-modify-list-column-to-link-to-document-and-allow-edit — Waqas Sarwar MVP, Aug 08 '14 at 21:31
More accurate and concise answer on SE: Change Title (linked to item with edit menu) to different column — Chiramisu, Feb 05 '16 at 19:05

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '14 at 14:33

This is how you get it to work

< ViewFields> < FieldRef Name=”Attachments”/> < FieldRef Name=”LinkTitle”/> < FieldRef Name=”linkThisColumn” ListItemMenu="TRUE" linkToItem="TRUE"/> < FieldRef Name=”data_x0020_column”/> < FieldRef Name=”Another_x0020_column”/> < /ViewFields>

LinkToItem not linking to document

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