I recently turned on the new experience for all my sites and wanted to do a comparison between the new and classic mode. While the new experience is the way moving forward, there are a lot of things that we used to have in classic mode are not yet been made available in the new experience.
Here I found a comprehensive list on the Microsoft website: Differences between the new document library experience and classic mode
Features available only in classic mode
The Ribbon
- The Ribbon itself
- Certain features available through the Ribbon:
- Popularity trends
- Tags & Notes
- Quick Edit
- RSS Feed
- Most Popular Items
- Connect to Outlook
- Connect to Office
- Export to Excel
- Form Web Parts
- Edit Library
- New Quick Step
- Declare Record
- Send To
- Follow
View features
- Item totals
- Custom styles (such as Basic Table or Document Details)
Navigation features
- Tree view
- Metadata navigation and filtering
- Managed navigation
- Per-location views
- Customized navigation links on publishing sites
Library features
- External data columns
- Geolocation columns
- Content organizer
- Follow feature
- View in File Explorer (opens library in classic view, but switches back to the new experience the next time you browse to the library).
Customizations
- Minimal Download Strategy (MDS)
- SharePoint Server Publishing
- JSLink code on fields or views
- CustomActions that include ScriptBlock or ScriptSrc properties
CustomActions that do not include ScriptBlock or ScriptSrc properties will continue to work as expected
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