Editing bucketed items with multiple versions in the content editor

Question

The issue is located in the content editor (using Sitecore 8.1-upd1 btw):

1. we search for an item inside a bucket and go to it (it opens in a new tab in the requested version - here v3) - lets call this 'item1'
2. we navigate to any other item outside the bucket
3. we go back to our bucket
4. we click on the tab (which is still there) with our first 'item1'
5. this 'item1' is now shown in version 1, even if it does not exist anymore

Does anybody know a fix for this? Is it still the case in later versions?

And: is there maybe another way of viewing/editing bucketed items that we can use to work around this issue?

Update: as this is a known bug now - is there another way to edit the items and keep the search interface for the editors?

Answer 1

Update:

You might be able to workaround the issue using only the search interface if you explicitly configure the 'version' search filter:

Steps:

1. Click on the arrow drop-down (left of the search box) to bring up the search fly-out
2. Click on the 'Search Filters' link, and then select 'Search by version'
3. In the search box, the 'Version' filter should now be visible. Fill in the appropriate version number (2), and then click on the icon to the left of the 'Version' text until it changes to the 'plus' symbol.
4. Finally, fill in the rest of your search query as you had it before.

This should filter down the search results to the appropriate item, with the appropriate version.

Original workaround:

@maziar-rezaei is correct - I believe this is a bug in Sitecore.

As a workaround, you can go to the 'View' tab in the Sitecore ribbon in Content Editor, and then select the 'Buckets' checkbox:

This will allow you to view the underlying tree structure of the Sitecore bucket, allowing you to directly find and then edit the item in question.

Answer 2

Alhough the information from Chris was very useful - and the issue is a registered bug now - I do want to share the workaround that we found.

In the Sitecore content editor, as an admin locate the /settings/Buckets/Item Bucket Settings item. The first field is "Show Results in". Here you can choose how you want items from a bucket search to be displayed in the content editor. The default option is a new tab:

• New tab (default)
• New editor window : will open the item in a new window within the content editor environment
• New tab not selected: same as new tab but without setting the selection to it

Note that this setting is for all buckets in your instance. Our workaround was to change this to "New Content Editor". The user experience for editing these items in the content editor was slightly changed this way, but the bug was no more.