Make facets sticky by default for the session
I would like to suggest that Primo's facets should be sticky by default (or at least that this should be a configuration option). The "Reset filters" link right below the selected filters implies that filters will stick unless reset; users find this confusing. I agree with other posters' points about the lock icon being visible at all times, and that a selection of New Search should automatically clear sticky facets, but otherwise, I would like to propose that facets should stick unless the user either selects New Search, or clicks "Reset filters" (perhaps this could be renamed "Clear filters"). This is how PubMed functions, with an additional notification at the top of results that selected filters will remain in place until the user clears them.
Heather Ganshorn
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Thank you for this suggestion, this is part of the improve sticky facets behavior released in May for both Primo and Primo VE.
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Manu_Schwendener
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> default
Link to Brian's new entry, which can be voted for here also https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308176-primo/suggestions/48925592--remember-all-filters-should-be-selected-by-defau
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Brian Holda commented
Can the "by default" part be done?
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Manu_Schwendener
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"Make facets sticky by default for the session"
I know that there now is the "Remeber all all filters" lock.
But the 'by default' part has not been solved, correct?
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Manu Schwendener commented
This is solved. Can you close here to free the votes? Thank you
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Anonymous
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Yes please do this. I'm trying to share my search links with library users while covid-19 is forcing online-only contact. It's annoying to explain how to lock search facets multiple times.
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Glenn Ammons
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+1. Please do implement this.
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Nancy Babb
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Could filter-by-availability vs expanded results be somehow included in sticky settings? Our researchers may have different preferences, and only one can be set as default.
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I agree with Brad:
"there should be a way to enable the sticky facets via a URL parameter, so you could link to a page with the facet locked on by default."
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Anonymous
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Yes, please make facets sticky by default for the session
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[for those who can vote in NERS: 6125]
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Sean Purcell
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The Georgia/GALILEO consortia would love to be able to enable a locked facet via a URL parameter
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Lacey M.
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I agree, especially that there should be a way to enable the sticky facets via a URL parameter, so you could link to a page with the facet locked on by default.
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Anonymous
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Make facets sticky by default for the session
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Julie Wright
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I would like to second the following -
I'd like to add that there should be a way to enable the sticky facets via a URL parameter, so you could link to a page with the facet locked on by default. -
Frans Albarillo
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Make facets sticky by default for the session
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Anonymous
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Make facets sticky by default for the session
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mharrick
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“Make facets sticky by default for the session”
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Brad Dewar
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I'd like to add that there should be a way to enable the sticky facets via a URL parameter, so you could link to a page with the facet locked on by default. You can currently link to a page ( or construct a search form) that has a facet chosen already, but there is no way to have it chosen and "stuck".
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Carolyn Ellis
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From a user experience perspective, it's very confusing for a user to select facets and then have them disappear. When selecting New Search, the user would of course expect the facets to clear, but otherwise the expectation is that they will stay the same as selected. Thank you!
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Anonymous
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Sticky facets are very important for our students, who are just learning how to evaluate the sources they are finding. Many of them have never encountered a scholarly article before, so to have a filter that sticks and stays is critical.