Accounts Listing

[Stephen Fisher]

Thanks. Looks like it did edit the account code.

P.S.  Thanks for all your great help on this list. Much appreciated I 
am sure by everyone who subscribes.


On Jan 5, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Stephen Fisher <slfisherf1 at earthlink.net> writes:
>
>> What is the logic behind how Gnucash orders the accounts in the
>> Accounts window?
>
> They are listed by Account Code and then Alphabetically.
>
>> Does does one go about reordering the list?
>
> Set the account code in the order you wish..  Only orders within a
> particular Account Group level.  That means that Foo:Bar and Foo:Baz
> will get ordered, but there is no way to get Bar:Buxx "between the
> two" -- you can only order Foo and Bar at the top-level.
>
>> I edited the description (Account-edit) of some existing credit card
>> accounts and strangely they moved from the top of the list to the
>> bottom which is very inconvenient.
>
> That's strange -- it shouldn't have done that.  Are you sure you didn't
> edit the account code?
>
> -derek
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