[Koha-bugs] [Bug 9468] Add ability to hide itemtypes from purchase suggestions forms

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9468

--- Comment #5 from Kyle M Hall <kyle at bywatersolutions.com> ---
I think giving patrons the freedom to type in anything will make it more
complicated and confusing for some patrons. We could just add a new authorised
value category instead.

(In reply to comment #4)
> Do we need to have the purchase suggestion form ask for the item type in the
> first place?  Not all libraries use item types that double as material types
> -- for example, if your item types are 'NORMAL', 'SHORT', 'NO_LOAN', that's
> not going to be of much use to the patron.
> 
> So here's my counter-proposal: since suggestions.itemtype is a varchar(30)
> anyway, why not give it text input widgets instead of a drop-down list of
> item types, and maybe relabel it to make it clear that the library is asking
> for the preferred format (e.g., print, ebook, video, etc.).

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