[GNC] Changing registers in the middle of entering or editing a transaction

[R Losey]

There are times when I want to check the accounts list in the middle of
entering a transaction, and I have occasionally (to verify amounts) wanted
to check with another register. I'd be okay with the change below as long
as there were three, not two choices: 1) Save changes 2) Discard the
transaction in progress 3) Continue with the register change.

As an example of changing: when dealing with investments via brokerage
accounts, there is typically a "sweep" fund that holds the cash in the
account. When a purchase is made, the funds are normally taken out of the
sweep account within a few business days. However, I will usually go ahead
and enter the sweep transaction early, and I will swap to the register with
the purchase transaction to make sure I enter the amount properly.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 7:05 PM William Prescott <will at theprescotts.com>
wrote:

> That highlights a point about Gnucash function that I find annoying. It
> will let you switch registers in the middle of editing a transaction,
> leaving the changed transaction uncommitted.
>
> Would it be an improvement to have the program prevent that. When you try
> to switch registers with an open transaction it could ask you if you want
> to save changes or cancel the editing of the transaction.
>
> I can't think of a situation where I would like to pause in the middle of
> entering or editing a transaction in one register and go to another
> register.
>
> Sometimes when I try to quit the App, it tells me I have an open
> transaction somewhere and it is always because I never committed some
> transaction. And at that point I don't remember what transaction nor if I
> wanted to save the changes.
>
> Will
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