[OPEN-ILS-DEV] submit payments upon double enter press?

[Sharp, Chris]

Jason,

Based on feedback I've received from PINES libraries, this would be a popular feature, especially if it is optional and able to be locally set.

Chris Sharp
PINES Program Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Suite 150
Atlanta, Georgia 30345
(404) 235-7147
csharp at georgialibraries.org
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/

----- "Jason Etheridge" <jason at esilibrary.com> wrote:

> Currently in the billing interface in the staff client, to collect a
> payment you have to use the Apply Payment button after entering an
> amount in the Payment received field, either with the mouse or with
> keyboard navigation (for example, Alt+P).  Pressing Enter after
> entering an amount will show how the amount would be distributed
> amongst multiple checked bills, and re-selects the content of the
> Payment received field so that you could type over the entered amount
> with a new amount.
> 
> I'm wondering what front-line staff would think about a change in the
> behavior of the Enter key, such that the first time you press Enter
> after entering an amount, it shows you the payment distribution as
> before, but the Apply Payment button then gets keyboard focus instead
> of the Payment received field, and a subsequent Enter press (or even
> a
> Spacebar press) would activate the button and make the payment.
> 
> What do you think?  My motivation is to make the workflow easier for
> one-handed non-mouse use, where entry can simply involve the number
> pad for the majority of use.  For setups where the keyboard and mouse
> are to the left of the books being scanned, it may not make much of a
> difference, but if everything is to the right of the books, or below
> the books, it might.  I could implement this behavior and make it
> optional based on a per-library setting.
> 
> -- 
> Jason Etheridge
>  | VP, Tactical Development
>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>  | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>  | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
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