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Dawn Dale (ddale) wrote : Re: [Bug 1635386] Re: webclient: No visual cues to indicate that bills are for items currently checked out, lost or long overdue

That sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks, Kathy!

Dawn Dale
PINES Services Specialist, Circulation
Georgia Public Library Service
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Atlanta, GA 30345
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 10:36 AM, Kathy Lussier <email address hidden> wrote:

> Since opinions seem to be split on this question, I created a new
> working branch, still untested, that restores the previous color scheme,
> but also changes the class names to ones that are based on the status of
> the particular row rather than on the color that's being applied. This
> should make it easier to customize the colors as it only requires
> editing the CSS for that class. You certainly could have done so with
> the last branch, but there's nothing more confusing then applying an
> orange color to a class with the name 'red' and vice versa. It also
> acknowledges that there may be other ways, aside from color, that people
> may want to style these rows.
>
> As a follow-up, I will also add documentation that shows how to
> customize the colors used for these rows. I was going to incorporate it
> in the above branch, but then I realized we still haven't done
> documentation on the web client Bills interface, so it will take a
> little longer than I initially anticipated. I can commit to working on
> this once I have access again to a server that has the above branch.
>
> New working branch is at
>
> http://git.evergreen-
> ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/
> user/kmlussier/lp1635386
> -visual-cues-for-bills-item-status-refactored-restore-colors
>
> ** Changed in: evergreen
> Assignee: Kathy Lussier (klussier) => (unassigned)
>
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> Title:
> webclient: No visual cues to indicate that bills are for items
> currently checked out, lost or long overdue
>
> Status in Evergreen:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> In the xul client, colors are used in the bills tab to indicate if the
> charge is for an item that is still checked out to the patron (red),
> is set to lost (dark red), or is an overdue (orange).
>
> Similar visual cues are needed in the web client.
>
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