Bug 39391

Summary: No way to hide the "Help" button
Product: Koha Reporter: David Cook <dcook>
Component: System AdministrationAssignee: David Cook <dcook>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Testopia <testopia>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: gmcharlt
Version: Main   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description David Cook 2025-03-19 23:44:35 UTC
Sometimes, your Koha system does not have external Internet connectivity, which means the "Help" link/button will be useless and just show errors to the staff user.

For these scenarios, it would be great to be able to have a system preference that hides the Help link/button.
Comment 1 Owen Leonard 2025-03-20 10:45:14 UTC
If anyone finds this bug looking for a quick solution, add this to the  IntranetUserCSS system preference:

#helper { display: none; }
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2025-03-20 11:08:21 UTC
... and you could also host the manual locally and adapt the link in the system preference :)
Comment 3 David Cook 2025-03-20 23:51:56 UTC
(In reply to Owen Leonard from comment #1)
> If anyone finds this bug looking for a quick solution, add this to the 
> IntranetUserCSS system preference:
> 
> #helper { display: none; }

Thanks, Owen. I should've added that, as that's probably the route I'm going to go in the short-term.
Comment 4 David Cook 2025-03-20 23:52:41 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #2)
> ... and you could also host the manual locally and adapt the link in the
> system preference :)

That would be pretty cool. Do we have any wiki instructions for that?
Comment 5 Katrin Fischer 2025-03-21 09:41:09 UTC
(In reply to David Cook from comment #4)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #2)
> > ... and you could also host the manual locally and adapt the link in the
> > system preference :)
> 
> That would be pretty cool. Do we have any wiki instructions for that?

The instructions on how to generate the manual in different formats are on the README of the manual git repository. It's Sphinx so pretty standard.

The preference is KohaManualBaseURL.
Comment 6 David Cook 2025-03-23 22:49:02 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5)
> The instructions on how to generate the manual in different formats are on
> the README of the manual git repository. It's Sphinx so pretty standard.
> 
> The preference is KohaManualBaseURL.

Thanks for the tip. It looks like there's no tags/branches since 23.05.x, but I'll raise an issue for that there.
Comment 7 David Cook 2025-03-23 22:49:34 UTC
In my case, I still want to hide the Help button in general. No Internet access was the most relatable reason I had, but it's not the real reason.
Comment 8 David Cook 2025-03-23 22:53:04 UTC
(In reply to David Cook from comment #6)
> (In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #5)
> > The instructions on how to generate the manual in different formats are on
> > the README of the manual git repository. It's Sphinx so pretty standard.
> > 
> > The preference is KohaManualBaseURL.
> 
> Thanks for the tip. It looks like there's no tags/branches since 23.05.x,
> but I'll raise an issue for that there.

Wait a minute... I vaguely recall there being a harmonizing. For 23.11+ it's all the same? But surely not "main"... oh well. I'll comment on gitlab...