MOSS All Groups does not show pagination when more than 100 groups returned - moss

Question

When I go to /_layouts/groups.aspx in my site collection, I only see the first 100 groups. There is no pagination control visible. How do I correct this, to work with more than just the first 100 groups?

Answer 1

You can also modify this view through the standard UI, rather than using code if you need to:
Browse to "http://<site collection url>/_catalogs/users/AllGroups.aspx"
Site Actions-> Edit Page
Modify the List View web part
Under Selected View click the "Edit the current view" link.
You can now edit the view settings like any other in SharePoint.

Answer 2

That list is a sharepoint internal list which cannot be accessed through the API and must be hit by utilizing the object model.
Assuming you're familiar with the SharePoint API,
You need to access your site programmatically
then access the users and groups list, then access the default view on it, and set it's paging property to true.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Access the site
using (SPSite _site = new SPSite("http://myurlwithport:800"))
{
//Substitute the appropriate web if it is not the root
using (SPWeb _web = _site.RootWeb)
{
// This is always the name of the users list
SPList userList = _web.Lists["User Information List"];
//This is the view that is causing you trouble
SPView allGroupsView = userList.Views["All Groups"];
//Set this value to true if it is false.
Console.WriteLine(allGroupsView.Paged);
//Set this value to whatever you want if you don't want paging
Console.WriteLine(allGroupsView.RowLimit);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
Hope this does it for ye.
EDIT
Based on OP comments
There is a RowLimit property that you can change instead if you want.
I've added it into the code provided.

Answer 3

I want to share some additional clarification to Michael M's suggestion on updating the "AllGroups.aspx".
Initially, I used a regular Site Collection admin account to access the
"http:///_catalogs/users/AllGroups.asp" page and got access denied.
I then used another Site Collection admin account who's also in the Windows admin group for the SP server and still got access denied.
Finally, I used the SharePoint 2010 Farm admin account that we used to setup the Web App/App Pool, and that finally gave me access to the page.