Behavior of Enter in register

[Charles Day]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Andy Den Tandt <adtlist_qsd at adtsoft.eu>wrote:

> Charles wrote:
> >How about changing the current checkbox preference into three radio
> buttons?
> >1. Enter moves to the next line (default)
> >2. Enter moves to the next transaction
> >3. Enter moves to a new transaction
>
> ++++ For changing the behavior/add the preference, but
> ---- for always creating a new transaction.
>
> I'd rather have Enter commit the current transaction and move to the next
> one. Only if the transaction being edited was the last one, it will create
> a
> new one.
>
> I often import transactions from my bank and then edit them (eg to create
> splits). So when I press Enter, I declare that I am done with that
> transaction and am moving on to the next one. It would be very weird that I
> would suddenly jump to the end of the screen.
>

The checkbox option that you already in Edit->Preferences->Register is #3
when checked and #1 when unchecked. The only thing new here is #2.


> Ulrike Fischer wrote
> >I would like keys for 2 _and_ 3.
> >e.g.        enter -> next transaction
> >   shift + enter -> new transaction
>
> So I agree with Ulrike ;-) In this proposal shift+enter equal Enter
> followed
> by shift-pagedown right? I.e. we are never creating new empty transactions
> in the middle of the ledger.
>

Empty transactions are always at the bottom, so if you pick #3 then you jump
to the end every time you hit Enter. I'd use #2, personally.


>
> Andy Den Tandt
>
>
-Charles