On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, David Wheeler wrote:
> I see two variations on how to implement it. The first is adding a
> "Clone" button to the story profile. But what happens when it's
> clicked? Is the old story checked in to a desk and the cloned story
> checked out to you? Are they both still checked out to you? If the
> original story was retrieved from the library (rather than from a
> desk), should it be re-shelved?
>
> The other option is to have a "Clone" checkbox in the "Find Stories"
> list and a "Clone" link on un-checked out stories on desks. In that
> case, I imagine that the story would be cloned and the new copy checked
> out to you. The old copy would stay wherever it was.
I think I'd put the button on the Story object in My Workspace. I'd call
it "Copy" or "Make a Copy". Then when you click it a new story appears on
My Workspace next to the old one. It should have its title changed to
"Copy of TITLE" which is similar to Windows Explorer's cloning behavior.
I don't think it's a good idea for the Clone (or Copy) function to do any
checkin/checkout/move/shelve magic behind the scenes since there's no good
way to show that happening to the user.
-sam
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> I see two variations on how to implement it. The first is adding a
> "Clone" button to the story profile. But what happens when it's
> clicked? Is the old story checked in to a desk and the cloned story
> checked out to you? Are they both still checked out to you? If the
> original story was retrieved from the library (rather than from a
> desk), should it be re-shelved?
>
> The other option is to have a "Clone" checkbox in the "Find Stories"
> list and a "Clone" link on un-checked out stories on desks. In that
> case, I imagine that the story would be cloned and the new copy checked
> out to you. The old copy would stay wherever it was.
I think I'd put the button on the Story object in My Workspace. I'd call
it "Copy" or "Make a Copy". Then when you click it a new story appears on
My Workspace next to the old one. It should have its title changed to
"Copy of TITLE" which is similar to Windows Explorer's cloning behavior.
I don't think it's a good idea for the Clone (or Copy) function to do any
checkin/checkout/move/shelve magic behind the scenes since there's no good
way to show that happening to the user.
-sam
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