Comment 0 for bug 1670457

A follow up from bug 1539089 and related to bug 1670448.

The actions menu on the web client Holdings View tab includes an option to "Choose Library for Volume/Copy Transfer destination. Unlike most action items in that menu, the action is not performed on a volume/copy selected in the corresponding grid. After choosing this option, the user is then presented with a prompt to select the library from a dropdown menu. Presumably, the next step is to then select a volume that gets transferred to that library.

I listed several options in bug 1539089 for handling this action:

- We could continue as is with the Actions menu disabled until an volume/copy from the grid is selected. I think this could be frustrating for the user.

- We could change the code for this one specific grid so that the Actions menu does not get disabled since there are options available that don't require selection. However, in that case, staff may accidentally select another action without previously selecting an item, which will lead to a failed action.

- We could enable the Actions menu and disabled all individual actions that require a selection. Those actions would then become enabled once a selection is made.

- We could move this particular action out of the Actions menu and put it somewhere else. At the same time, I recommend that we create a guideline that Actions menu should only contain actions that can be performed on selections from the corresponding grid.

My preference is for the last option as I think users will expect that these menus are performing actions on grid selections. However, I have no idea where this particular action belongs. The Holdings View seems to be a good place for it.