Behavior of Enter in register

[Andy Den Tandt]

Charles,

 

Thanks for clarifying. I got confused and I now agree with the proposed
prefs. #2 is exactly what I need. 

 

Andy

 

Van: Charles Day [mailto:cedayiv at gmail.com] 
Verzonden: donderdag 12 maart 2009 19:41
Aan: Andy Den Tandt
CC: Dennis Muhlestein; GnuCash Devel
Onderwerp: Re: Behavior of Enter in register

 

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