Bug 37583

Summary: Add column options to search catalog results
Product: Koha Reporter: Esther Melander <esther.melander>
Component: CatalogingAssignee: Owen Leonard <oleonard>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: m.de.rooy
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Description Esther Melander 2024-08-06 17:59:39 UTC
It would be nice if the results table, after searching the catalog, had table settings or column configuration options. Some libraries would like to hide the Location column.

It would be nice to have the same column options in the Cataloging Module search results table.
Comment 1 Owen Leonard 2024-08-07 11:14:53 UTC
Some possibly unnecessary words about why things are the way they are:

Both the catalog search results and the cataloging search results are paged server-side. Generally we don't add DataTable controls to such a table because the controls only work for the visible page of data: If you resort the search results by title you're only resorting the first page of titles. This is a potential source of confusion for the user.

That said, adding *only* column configuration to these tables would make sense especially if the goal of the change is for the library to hide it by default. We should also add persistence to the setting so that if the user clicks through to the next page of results they don't have to hide/show the column again.
Comment 2 Esther Melander 2024-08-07 14:32:57 UTC
Column options would be a good compromise. I will update the bug title to reflect it.