copy templates UI problematic
Bug #788243 reported by
James Fournie
This bug affects 4 people
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Triaged
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
When a user has no copy templates, the dropdown box is narrowed and various Sitka libraries have found this confusing and thought it was broken. I think it would be more intuitive to disable (grey) the dropdown with the text "No templates" or something to clearly indicate there are no templates.
I post this tickets also in the hopes that it will be fixed or improved if at one point the copy editor templates are unified with the Acq/Serials copy templates
Changed in evergreen: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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status: | New → Incomplete |
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status: | Incomplete → Triaged |
tags: | added: usability |
tags: | added: webstaffclient |
tags: | added: wishlist |
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added: cataloging removed: webstaffclient wishlist |
tags: | added: design |
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Along with the original issue reported in this ticket, I would like to add some other thoughts about the Copy Editor Templates UI.
I haven't looked at the web client copy editor yet, so I don't know if the design has changed there yet. I'll educate myself on that and update the ticket.
Our staff have found their initial experience with the Copy Editor confusing. I think some other changes would make it more intuitive for new users. Staff do get used to this after making a few mistakes, but it would be nice if those mistakes didn't need to be made.
It isn't clear to new users that the top Templates UI elements only apply to the copy templates, and not to the copy editor. Effort has been made to have a grey background around the Templates area, but that doesn't seem to be enough. We have found that when a new user looks at the copy editor, makes a change, and then wants to save the change, they will initially click the template save button instead of the Modify Copies button. And this also occasionally happens to staff that have used the copy editor successfully for a while, but who are not fully paying attention to what they are doing.
One idea to make it more intuitive would be to both make the button text more verbose and to hide the template modification buttons unless an "Edit Templates" button is pressed.
So instead of
"Templates: Dropdown" "Apply" "Delete" "Import" "Export" "Save" "Reset"
it could be
"Templates: Dropdown" "Apply Template" "Edit Templates" "Reset"
I'm by no means a UI designer though, I'm sure there is a better way to do this.
Thanks
Josh