Entry of split transactions

[Graeme Nichols]

Alan Su wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I installed and started using gnucash (v. 2.0.4) on my OS X machine
> via darwinports.  it looks like a pretty reasonable alternative to
> quicken.  I have encountered one quirk in creating a split
> transaction.  if i do the following:
> 
>  - create a transaction and click the Split button to get a split transaction
>  - enter the description on the summary line
>  - enter a debit value on the first split line; hitting Tab twice
> automatically creates a second split line populated with the
> appropriate credit value
>  - hit Tab a couple times, select an account for the credit, tab to
> the amount and reduce it by some amount (in anticipation of a third
> split account)
> 
> at this point, if i hit Tab, the third line is properly created with
> the remaining credit value to be assigned, but my cursor ends up in
> the date field of the main transaction line, whereas i would expect
> focus to move to the newly created split line.  could it have
> something to do with my environment (just running in an unmanaged X
> session), or is this the expected behavior?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> -alan

Hello Alan,

Seems to be peculiar to 2.0.4. It started doing that on my system (FC4) 
as well as soon as I upgraded. It's just a niggle. I simply tab down 
again or put the cursor in the correct field using my mouse.

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