[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Cursor focus tweak?

[Donald Butterworth]

I can't be speak to how others are using the Search bar, so this is from
the perspective of a cataloger.

Personally, the only time having the text remain in the search box has
helped me is when I have not selected the correct search criteria. For
example, when the Search Type was set to Author and I really wanted it set
to Title.

The vast majority of the time, I am working with a list of some kind. When
I go from the OPAC View to the MARC Edit screen to fix the bib record, it
takes three mouse transactions to get back to the OPAC View, and three more
mouse transactions in the Search box before I can enter the next search.
That's a lot of clicking. Automatically highlighting the Search box on the
OPAC View and on the Results screen view would cut that in half; making my
searching much faster and cutting back on my Repetitive Stress syndrome.

Ideally I would like to be able to initiate a search at any time from any
screen; just like in a web browser. That would save the most mouse clicks.
Replacing the Record Summary header with a Search the Catalog header would
make my searching requirements much easier.

Also, one solution other systems have used that speaks to the need for
retaining searches, is to  make the Search box into a Drop-down list that
retains a brief history of previous searches. That would be a pretty cool
new feature.


On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:

> Further it would be wonderful if any text that has carried over from a
> search could be highlighted (Shift/End) That way I can just start typing
> again.
>
> I'm not sure about this one. It's helpful when users are using the quick
> search bar to launch a new search, but it could be frustrating for users
> who are trying to refine their search from that search bar.
>
> It would be nice to have some solid user testing to get an idea of how
> this search bar is being used. I suspect we get a mix of uses.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> On 10/09/2015 08:13 AM, Donald Butterworth wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> You know how on the main Evergreen launch page and all of the Search
> screen options (except Browse) the cursor is always happily positioned in
> the Search text box? I would love to have this same behavior on all results
> screens and all Record Summary screens all the time.
>
> When you go to a Record Summary screen from a Results Screen the cursor is
> focused in the Search text box (except Browse). However if you go to the
> MARC Edit screen, and then return to the Record summary screen, the focus
> is no longer in the textbox. Many, many times I have tried to type
> unsuccessfully because the cursor wasn't in the textbox.
>
> Further it would be wonderful if any text that has carried over from a
> search could be highlighted (Shift/End) That way I can just start typing
> again.
>
> Would this be a big fix? Is it something that my IT geniuses could do
> easily?
>
> Anybody else like to see this behavior?
>
> Don
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>
>
> --
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) 343-0128klussier at masslnc.org
> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
>
>


-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227
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