[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20528] Remove the items tab from the detailed bibliographic view

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20528

Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> changed:

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--- Comment #12 from Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> ---
+1 I can see how some libraries use this, but it's very awkward with multiple
items.
(In reply to Heather from comment #8)
> I'm a total cataloger, and I find that trying to edit items via that "Items"
> button on the left in between the "ISBD" and "Holds" button is, to me,
> horrid--the resulting display of item records going endlessly down screen
> with tons of white space is terrible--it's not uncommon for us to have
> dozens, if not hundreds, of items on a record, and even where there are just
> a few items, the display scrolls down and down without really clear
> delineation between items--it's easy for staff to make mistakes and edit the
> wrong item so all my staff is trained to use the Edit Items tab into the
> edit items table.  When I have a serial with 200+ items, it is pretty much
> impossible to try to navigate to trying to edit an item via that button.  I
> always choose the "Edit" pull-down-menu button across the top of the bib
> record which is in between the "New" button and the "Save" button, which
> gives me a, to me, more easily navigated visually table of items with instant
> access to a search box at the top of the table, and I would love for this
> to be the only way to get into editing items.
> 
> If the "Edit items" table is too confusing for non-catalogers, then perhaps
> there's a way to control the column visibility via their login so that they
> can achieve an edit items experience suited to their commonly used tasks? 
> (There may be already--I haven't checked--my staff is trained to use the
> Column Visibility function).  I am generally in favor of a user-customizable
> experience and one can customize the Edit Items table easily via Column
> Visibility and the search box.
> 
> And it just seems like there should be only way to edit items--this is the
> only ILS I've ever seen that has two different edit item functions.

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