Comment 2 for bug 1373203

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Kathy Lussier (klussier) wrote : Re: No way to escape after clicking Advanced Hold Options

Thanks Erica! I'm going to change the title of this bug report to improve the way we escape this area.

I have a screenshot of the current holds interface with the "Advanced Holds Options" displaying. http://www.screencast.com/t/RFNYQO0ERIZ

The cancel button is far down on the screen, is the same one that is typically used to cancel a hold, and, being located next to the "Place Hold" gives all appearances of being a "Cancel This Hold" button. I don't think most people would expect clicking the button would get them out of the "Advanced Hold Options." I also think that people who truly want to cancel placing the hold might get a little annoyed at having to click the "Cancel" button twice.

I think there are a couple of ways we could improve upon this:

* If nobody selects a format or language in the list, make it a title level hold. Right now on our system, it's automatically selecting "english," so I think we would need to change things so that everything is deselected.

* Provide some radio buttons at top to place hold on this record only or to accept alternate formats. Clicking on the latter enables the select menus. Clicking the former places the hold on the title.

* Maybe make the "Advanced Search Options" link a toggle. Clicking it once opens the page with the options. Clicking it again, closes the options again.

I'm open to other ideas. I couldn't quite remember how it worked in jspac, but we do recall there was an intuitive way to not place the meta record hold.