Reftool UI update 9/27

RefTool is scheduled to update Monday, September 27th, at 8:30 PM. Below are some changes included in this update

Search Interface Improvements

The user interface for RefTool search has been simplified to better show all the options and tools available to the user. Please note that no functionality was removed, but it may be in a different location. One key difference is that department search is now hidden until you click the “Search Options” button.

The search page after clicking the “Search Options” button

Smaller Improvements

The following changes were also made:

  • Now, searching a se- account as an email address (like se-onid@oregonstate.edu) will return a result, even if that is not actually a working email address
  • You can now right click -> open in new tab (or middle click) a search result to open it in a new tab
  • RefTool now looks much better on mobile phone and tablets
  • Bug fixes to group names, link editor,