Bug 41168 - "Search the catalog by keyword" confuses some users
Summary: "Search the catalog by keyword" confuses some users
Status: Needs documenting
Alias: None
Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: OPAC (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low trivial
Assignee: Marcel de Rooy
QA Contact: Lisette Scheer
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Reported: 2025-11-03 08:53 UTC by Marcel de Rooy
Modified: 2025-12-04 10:30 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Patch complexity: Trivial patch
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Text to go in the release notes:
This updates the main OPAC search field hint text from "Search the catalog by keyword" to "Search the catalog". This avoids any confusion about only being able to search by keyword.
Version(s) released in:
25.11.00,25.05.06
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Attachments
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder (4.47 KB, patch)
2025-11-03 09:31 UTC, Marcel de Rooy
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder (4.48 KB, patch)
2025-11-08 01:12 UTC, David Nind
Details | Diff | Splinter Review
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder (4.54 KB, patch)
2025-11-18 18:42 UTC, Lisette Scheer
Details | Diff | Splinter Review

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Description Marcel de Rooy 2025-11-03 08:53:43 UTC
We got some questions about this new test from masthead on the OPAC search bar. Like: Can I only use keywords now?

I would propose to remove the phrase "by keyword" here.
Comment 1 Marcel de Rooy 2025-11-03 08:54:12 UTC
(In reply to Marcel de Rooy from comment #0)
> We got some questions about this new test from masthead on the OPAC search
> bar. Like: Can I only use keywords now?
> 
> I would propose to remove the phrase "by keyword" here.

s/new test/new text/
Comment 2 Marcel de Rooy 2025-11-03 09:31:50 UTC
Created attachment 188884 [details] [review]
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder

Side note: The if test on ms_kw in OPAC masthead seems not to be used,
but considering that out of scope here.

Test plan:
Check the shorter text on OPAC search bar.
Toggle SearchMyLibraryFirst and OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown. Refresh.

Signed-off-by: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Comment 3 David Nind 2025-11-08 01:12:43 UTC
Created attachment 189382 [details] [review]
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder

Side note: The if test on ms_kw in OPAC masthead seems not to be used,
but considering that out of scope here.

Test plan:
Check the shorter text on OPAC search bar.
Toggle SearchMyLibraryFirst and OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown. Refresh.

Signed-off-by: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Signed-off-by: David Nind <david@davidnind.com>
Comment 4 Marcel de Rooy 2025-11-08 07:29:33 UTC
(In reply to David Nind from comment #3)
> Signed-off-by: David Nind <david@davidnind.com>

Thx
Comment 5 Lisette Scheer 2025-11-18 18:42:48 UTC
Created attachment 189677 [details] [review]
Bug 41168: Remove part "by keyword" from OPAC search bar placeholder

Side note: The if test on ms_kw in OPAC masthead seems not to be used,
but considering that out of scope here.

Test plan:
Check the shorter text on OPAC search bar.
Toggle SearchMyLibraryFirst and OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown. Refresh.

Signed-off-by: Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy@rijksmuseum.nl>
Signed-off-by: David Nind <david@davidnind.com>
Signed-off-by: Lisette Scheer <lisette@bywatersolutions.com>
Comment 6 Lucas Gass (lukeg) 2025-11-19 19:29:24 UTC
Nice work everyone!

Pushed to main for 25.11
Comment 7 Paul Derscheid 2025-11-25 16:31:36 UTC
Nice work everyone!

Pushed to 25.05.x
Comment 8 Fridolin Somers 2025-12-04 10:30:51 UTC
I prefer not backport to 24.11.x LTS for UI stability