Register colors & appearance

[Kim_Wood]

Charles Day wrote:
> 
> On Jan 16, 2008 6:01 AM, Josh Sled <jsled at asynchronous.org> wrote:
>> Kim_Wood <kim.wood at bigpond.net.au> writes:
>> > 1)  I suggest that the default Gnucash register appearance is not as
>> > attractive to existing Quicken users as it should be.  I believe that a
>> > Quicken user might be more likely to find Gnucash initially interesting
>> and
>> > make the switch to Gnucash if the default register choice was as
>> follows:
>> >
>> > Register Defaults/Double Line Mode - on
>> >
>> > Register/Double line mode colors alternate with transactions  - on
>> (with all
>> > other Graphics options turned off including horizontal & vertical
>> lines)
>> >
>> > 2) Have the developers got strong views why the the default Gnucash
>> register
>> > appearance is single line, rather than double line?  IMHO it is a very
>> > unattractive & less functional choice than double line/alternating
>> color
>> > mode.
>> >
>> > This provides a "Quicken-style" register appearance.
>>
>> I find double-line to be too much whitespace; I never use the notes line,
>> though, and I'm not quite sure what others use it for…?
> 
> I typically use the Notes line for any comments about a purchase, such
> as "Perfume for mom". I wouldn't enter comments into a split line
> unless the transaction had more than the usual credit/debit pair.
> 
>> I turned off the horizontal/vertical lines a long time ago.  I could see
>> that
>> being the default.
>>
>> I don't see why there's even an option for "double [line] mode colors
>> alternate with transactions"; it should always be on, anything else is
>> confusing … the colors create logically-related regions in the view, and
>> the
>> "double" line is logically part of the transaction.
>>
>>
>> I think one of the single most useful defaults changes we could make
>> would be
>> the default in Register view from Basic Ledger to Auto-Split.  Auto-Split
>> demonstrates the realities of double-entry, Split balance and the
>> debit/credit cells without cluttering the display too much.
> 
> To me, there is no point showing the split lines if the transaction
> only contains a credit/debit pair.  Unless you enter memos on these
> split lines, they are completely redundant with what you see in
> single-line mode. Sure, it may show that double-entry accounting is
> being used, but I already know that - do I need to see it proved over
> and over, eating up valuable GUI space and pushing other transactions
> out of view? I'd like to see a variation on the Auto-Split mode in
> which the splits are automatically shown only for transactions that
> contain more than two split lines. Even then it would be nice to have
> the option to hide the balancing split line that is redundant with
> what you see in single-line mode.
> 
>> > Further, it would be
>> > great to be able to select alternating register background colors other
>> than
>> > green and white - with the selected register highlighted yellow.  They
>> > aren't too bad - but I would prefer to select my own colors.  I assume
>> that
>> > I can edit one of the Gnucash config files to do this - but I have
>> searched
>> > for information on this, but with no luck.  Can anyone help with this?
>>
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_change_the_register_colors.3F
>>
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