[Koha] Incomplete LEADER when creating new child records

[Tomas Cohen Arazi]

The logic in the code seems to not consider that use case. As the form is
preloaded with that 'a' character, it concludes no default filling needs to
be done.

I suggest you file a bug for it.

El dom., 30 ene. 2022 9:55, Michael Kuhn <mik at adminkuhn.ch> escribió:

> Hi
>
> Our library is working with Debian 11 and Koha 21.05.02.
>
> When displaying a bibliographic record in the normal view of the staff
> client, the clicking "New > New child record" the LEADER will just
> contain the following: "␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣a␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣" (I have replaced the
> space character by ␣ to make it visible). It stays the same when we
> click into the field. So when we fill the rest of the required fields
> and save the record we will end up with a record that is not properly
> linked to the parent record.
>
> This is irritating since when just creating a "normal" (non-child) new
> record, the LEADER is automatically filled with the correct content when
> clicking the field resp. trying to save the record. This happens through
> plugin "marc21_leader.pl".
>
> However, when creating A new child record if we click the tag editor
> symbol at the far right, the popup "000- Leader" opens and we can click
> "OK" which will eventually result in the following LEADER content:
> "␣␣␣␣␣aaa␣a22␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣4500". This seems somehow cumbersome since we don't
> want to change anything there. It would be desirable if this content
> would just appear when clicking the field resp. trying to save the
> record as it does when just creating a "normal" (non-child) record.
>
> Is there a way to achieve this?
>
> Best wishes: Michael
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