New UI: Set automatically the cursor in the search box
Hello,
A feature that many users would like to see in the Primo new UI is to have the cursor already in the search box when they open the page. The user would be able to type directly their query and not have to click first in the search box. In the Primo classic UI, the cursor was already in the search box.
The SF case 00508525 was about the same issue.
Thank you.
Thank you for posting this idea. Primo out of the box will have the cursor set at the top of the page, to place the focus in the search box you should a configuration as mention in Primo February 2020 release notes – Support Configuration of the Search Box’s Focus
https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Primo/Release_Notes/Primo/2020/001Primo_2020_Release_Notes
For Primo VE this will be available in March release.
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Manu Schwendener commented
Sadly this has stopped working (latest September 2022) for Firefox and Chrome on Mac.
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Manu Schwendener commented
Primo VE: should be coming with the July 2020 update.
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LibOnly commented
Hello, Nili! How can I configure this feature on Primo VE? Maybe now in june?
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Manu Schwendener commented
Hi Nili
Nothing in the Primo VE release notes for June 2020. Is it just not mentioned or will it come later?
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In Primo VE - this will be released in June release, apologize for the delay in the the release
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LibOnly commented
Hello, Nili! How can I configure this feature on Primo VE?
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Lauren McFall commented
@Nili Natan, I think that even people who use accessibility features are predominantly using Primo for searching. Time and again, user testing shows that if there's a search box, that's what people use.
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Manu Schwendener commented
From the Primo mailinglist
"Additionally, ExLibris has agreed to develop enhancement #6341 “Set automatically the cursor in the search box”, after verifying that it does not adversely affect accessibility requirements." -
Christian commented
For the desktop vision of Primo it may be nice to have the cursor in the search box (but personally, I find that unnecessary). However, in case of an iPad or other mobile devices, it is pretty annoying when the focus is automatically on the search box (when starting Primo or when the results list is loaded) because then the overlay keyboard is active and must be switched off, if not needed.
Therefore, if Ex Libris decides to implement this "feature", please turn it of for mobile devices (or provide us a backend switch to use or not use it). -
Manu Schwendener commented
[for those who can vote in NERS: 6341]
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Sylvain Machefert commented
+39 votes since my last comment, anybody from E-L willing to tell us if this easy change that would help our users is planned?
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Andrew Brown commented
Please do this - it's an obvious user experience issue on landing in the new Primo UI.
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Sylvain Machefert commented
109 votes in less than 3 months, compared to the time it would take to develop it on E-L's side I believe it would be a good choice to work on this case, or at least acknowledge it.
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Andy MacKinnon commented
this feels like it should be a quick fix to apply with immediate value, please implement!