http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=11559 --- Comment #110 from Jesse Weaver <jweaver@bywatersolutions.com> --- (In reply to Jesse Weaver from comment #109)
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #103)
Hm, I am not sure about only filling in the default values for mandatory fields - I think this is kind of confusing as the configuration options are not connected.
Well, mandatory subfields should trivially be filled in because they are added to new/existing records if they do not exist. Before, they just got an empty subfield (e.g., "245 _ _ $a"), but now, if the subfield has a default value, it will be filled in.
For non-mandatory subfields, however, they could only be filled in after the user entered them. For instance (where "|" is the user's cursor and 245$c has a default value of "foobar"):
245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$a| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$a |foobar
This might work, but I'm a bit hesitant to do this, seems a bit overly magical. I know there's a number of catalogers CC'd on this bug; please, add your thoughts!
Also, note that subfields with authorized values will have the default value preselected if it exists.
Doh, that should be: 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$c| 245 _ _ $a The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy /$c |foobar -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.