[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Web Self Check Interface - Keyboard as only input

[Josh Stompro]

Hello, does anyone know of any locations that use a keyboard as the sole
input device for the web based self check?  Or of any users that rely on
keyboard navigation for the self check even when a mouse or touch screen is
available?

I ask because I submitted a fix for an issue that we were seeing, where
users would accidentally press tab when entering barcodes in the self
check, and not notice that the focus was no longer on the scan box, and
then proceed to scan their barcode or items, not noticing that the first
scan failed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1560601

Part of the solution that we have been using is to effectively disable tab
navigation, so it isn't possible to use tab to select other page elements.

If there are users that rely on tab navigation then this may not be a
general solution, or maybe needs to be easier to enable or disable.

Or maybe there is another approach that detects 0-9 a-z key presses/input
for any focus and always redirects those to the scan box? Maybe instead of
a visible scanbox on the screen, one just pops up when any barcode like
input is detected.

Thanks for the feedback
Josh

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Josh Stompro - IT Director
Lake Agassiz Regional Library
Desk: 218-233-3757 Ext 139
Cell: 218-790-2110
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