Copying in patron editor no longer produces confirmation message

This happened in https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/949322

I'm in favor of no clipboard alert, but would like to see the clipboard contents in the statusbar as an alternative.

Right, this commit specifically: http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=Evergreen.git;a=commit;h=e1a7501799119e0f305616af5bf97149d9bdf4c0

We've been reverting this in our local build branches since it was added because we didn't like the confirmation popup disappearing. During our testing, folks preferred keeping it.

So consider our vote +1 to bringing it back.

I would like to see feedback from end users on this one since they are the ones who are using these functions on a regular basis. On the one hand, I can see that the message could be an annoyance since it requires an additional click. On the other hand, I know it was disconcerting to me and some other users when I didn't get a message. It made me question whether clicking actually did anything.

In lieu of adding yet another library setting, I think it would be best to go with whatever works for the most people.

This might make the lack of an alert more palatable:

collab/phasefx/clipboard_statusbar @ working/Evergreen.git
http://git.evergreen-ils.org/?p=working/Evergreen.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/collab/phasefx/clipboard_statusbar

Hrmm, that tweak doesn't work in all places. Does work in Holdings Maintenance, but not in Patron Summary. If anyone wants to run with it, feel free.

More sub-interfaces would need to have access to xulG.set_statusbar

+1 to keep the message from Niagara College staff. I know I was thrown for a loop and staff were happy to see it working again once we had the patch applied.

+1 to keep the message from Pelham Public Library staff. We did not realize how much we relied on that message until it was gone!

+1 to keep the message somewhere from Rodgers Memorial. Staff do not believe it's actually copied without the message, so they end up clicking four or five times just to be sure they got it.

I'm assigning this bug to myself to remind me to ask the broader community about how this behavior should be. So far, there's four votes in this thread towards reverting the commit and restoring the original functionality.

I would second Kate's comment. My staff at Blanchester Public Library really misses the message since we recently upgraded.

I am 100% in favor of pursuing Jason's statusbar-based solution. It's a much more elegant option.

I'm with Dan and Jason. I understand that staff may like to be informed, but popping up a box that requires interaction should be reserved for serious problems. A status bar notification still reassures the staff that wants to know, but stays out of the way of staff who know what just happened and don't want to be bothered by it.

I'm adding a link to a discussion we had on the general list regarding this question - http://markmail.org/message/ud3uufsprtqqbbly. There were some good approaches discussed in that thread.

It's unclear to me how the proposed status bar notification appears in the client. A mockup or screen shot indicating the location of the status bar would help illustrate how this would show to users. My concern is that it would not be visible enough as a notification that the copy was successful.