Tab operation with memorised transaction in Basic Ledger view

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Mon Sep 21 16:49:08 EDT 2009


2009/9/21 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>:
> Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am contemplating trying to develop a patch that provides
>> (optionally) the ability to specify that when tab is hit after
>> entering the description for a memorised transaction, that the cursor
>> moves to the account field rather than skipping to the value field.
>>
>> As this is my first look at the code could someone help to get me
>> going by providing me with a couple of clues as to the general area of
>> code where the movement between fields in the register is handled, and
>> also where the preferences dialog is handled?  Meanwhile I feel some
>> global text searching coming on.  It is not always easy to get the
>> right keywords though in unknown code.
>
> Look in src/register/...  I dont know where under there, offhand.
> Unfortunately there are multiple code paths based on the way you
> move through the register.
>

OK, thanks

Colin


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