Bug 26354

Summary: Prevent submission of patron modification request unless changes are actually made
Product: Koha Reporter: Christopher Brannon <cbrannon>
Component: OPACAssignee: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: lisettepalouse+koha
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Christopher Brannon 2020-09-02 14:56:52 UTC
I think there should be an preference to not be able to submit a request unless information has been changed.

We frequently get modification requests with no changes made at all.
Comment 1 Owen Leonard 2020-09-02 15:17:25 UTC
I see two angles on this--perhaps both?

1. We check for changes to the form and ask the user if they really mean to submit a form without having made changes.

2. We silently reject submissions with no changes. Somehow this seems nicer than telling the user they can't submit the form.
Comment 2 Christopher Brannon 2020-09-02 15:48:08 UTC
(In reply to Owen Leonard from comment #1)
> I see two angles on this--perhaps both?
> 
> 1. We check for changes to the form and ask the user if they really mean to
> submit a form without having made changes.
> 
> 2. We silently reject submissions with no changes. Somehow this seems nicer
> than telling the user they can't submit the form.

What about a modal, summarizing the changes?  If there are no changes, it says "No changes have been made."

Thoughts?