[Evergreen-catalogers] Hotkeys in the web client - Keyboard Navigation

[Janet Schrader]

Hi Josh,

No, as far as I know, nothing has changed. Like you, we have more than one
library that is using, unhappily so, the web client and is extremely
frustrated by the lack of keyboard commands.  Here is a response from a
library with 6 branches when asked what keyboard shortcuts/commands are in
xul and missing in the web client.

XUL adding items for main and branches

-          F3 for advanced search – scan ISBN or title/author search or
LCCN or other

-          Alt+Shift+A to access Actions for this record menu, then H for
Holdings maintenance
The Alt+Shift+A is used to go to Marc Edit, Opac View, and Mark for overlay
and is very convenient

-          If overlaying record, Alt+G then Z will take you to the Marc
import via Z39.50 screen

-          Find the record, then Alt+O, then Alt+D, then Alt+O

-          In XUL we have to add/edit items in the different branches
separately, but can do multiple items in a single library (if Main branch
has three items, I can add/edit those at once, as long as they use the same
template)

-          Right-click the row with the item to edit or Right-click on the
volume to add an item or Right-click on the library to add a volume and item

-          Then select Edit item, add item, or add item, respectively

-          Scan barcode, enter Call number and price, then select Template

-          Alt+Y to apply template

-          Alt+R to Re-barcode/update items or Alt+C to Create volumes
(depending on if you are editing or adding



Janet


Janet Schrader

Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS

67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606

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On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 1:27 PM Josh Stompro <stomproj at gsuite.larl.org>
wrote:

> Janet, did you ever find out more details about the state of keyboard
> navigation?  Has much changed since you posted this?  I read through all
> the responses, but they mainly seemed focused on the global hotkeys.
>
> We know about the hotkeys that are available (pressing the ? key to show a
> list).  And those are nice for quickly getting to certain functions.  But
> like you we are wondering about keyboard navigation in specific interfaces.
>
> I'm also wondering if the term hotkey means something different than
> keyboard shortcuts or keyboard navigation.  I've also seen the term
> function key, which might specifically means the F1-F12 keys?
>
> This bug seems to cover all keyboard navigation, but the comments seem
> focused on hotkeys, but not on navigating within each interface.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1437106
>
> Our staff are having a hard time justifying the work to switch cataloging
> and acquisitions to the web client because of how much longer everything
> takes to complete, mainly because the mouse needs to be used constantly to
> navigate.
>
> I'm not sure if this needs to be tackled interface by interface, or if
> there is some overarching plan to add in keyboard navigation for all the
> menus and context menus?
>
> Thanks
> Josh
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:56 PM Janet Schrader <jschrader at cwmars.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are there hotkeys in the web client comparable to the xul client such as
>> ALT+a+v+v+Enter to go to the add volumes screen, or, ALT+a+h to go to
>> holdings maintenance? I have one cataloger who prefers to use the mouse as
>> little as possible.
>>
>> I know the add volumes button and holdings view now require only one
>> mouse click. Are there any keyboard shortcuts to open these without a
>> mouse?  I haven't found any so far.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Janet Schrader
>>
>> Bibliographic Services Supervisor | CW MARS
>>
>> 67 Millbrook Street, Suite 201, Worcester, MA 01606
>>
>> P: 508-755-3323 x 325 | F: 508-757-7801
>>
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