[Koha-bugs] [Bug 35532] Use of calendar for date range in bookings is not clear

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=35532

--- Comment #6 from David Nind <david at davidnind.com> ---
It was not obvious to me.

However, it seems obvious now that you've pointed it out!

I don't think I've seen this pattern elsewhere in Koha (but I'm probably wrong
about that...).

Since I'm not familiar with the booking feature, I "assumed" it was just for
one day. Normally, with the date picker, I pick a day then click outside the
picker so that the date appears in the input field.

So I hope that this didn't come across as too negative!

Some ideas - not tied to any of them:

1. Label for Period: 
   . Start and end date of booking (this is quite long though)
   . Booking dates
   . Start and end date

2. Hint for the field (like for the patron):
   . Select the booking start and end date

3. Not sure how these would work for translation.

I think I prefer a combination of "Booking dates" as the label and a hint for
the field "Select the booking start and end date".

Other things noted (outside scope for this bug, just noting - happy to open
bugs if they don't exist already):

1. Not sure how to use the 'Tomorrow' date link in the picker - does nothing
for me. Should this be disabled?

2. Accessibility things - using keyboard instead of a mouse (I don't know
enough to know if these are fixable, or even issues):
   . Patron field: works OK with tab, search, and then the down arrow to select
a patron
   . Item field: can tab to it, but can't select item using down or up arrows
   . Period: tab opens date picker, but not sure how to select a date range

3. You need to pick a date range: what if you only wanted to book for one day?

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