Additional Layout Manager features
Type-ahead combo controls
This can be used to replace a combo control where previously there were many, many records listed or to include such a control would list too many records.
Key examples include:
- Publisher and Supplier records in Acquisitions> Orders
- Place of Publication
- Author
- Folder Owner
To use these attributes, simply start typing into the field. For example, in Title - Authors input:
For Users and Authors, the search used is a normal search in that domain. In these searches, there are several input fields. When the underlying search being used has several input fields the user can specify a “,” (comma) between the terms in order to provide a value for the second, third, .. etc fields. For example:
ch,s
will retrieve
Chapin, Suzanne H,
Charters, Stephen
and so on.
If the record is not listed, then the new record icon can be used to load a new input screen to create e.g. Author, Publisher, Place details. Save the new record to the current working Title record.
The table below shows where these type-ahead combo controls can be used and the new attribute names, if you want to add them to your layout using Layout Manager.
| Domain | Layout | Controls/Fields | Layout Manager Attribute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titles | Any Titles layouts – e.g:
|
Publisher | Publisher Combo (ti_publisher_typeahead) |
| Place | Place Combo (ti_place_typeahead) | ||
| Agents, Authors, Editors (RDA Layout) | Name Combo (ti_author_typeahead) | ||
| Publication layout (accessed from Titles domain) | Publisher | The pre-existing attributes have the new type-ahead feature as standard | |
| Place | |||
| Orders | Orders Standard Layout | Supplier | The pre-existing attribute has the new type-ahead feature as standard |
| Folders |
All layouts for each Folder Type, e.g:
|
Owner | Owner (bf_borrower) |
Tip: for best results in the Titles sheets/layouts, add these new fields in a group by adding the appropriate snippet to the layout. This will add a selection of attributes, with help text, in a single step rather than finding, adding, sizing and styling the controls yourself, consequently saving you time.