entry transaction not only at bottom

[Daniel Trezub]

Actually, I understand the issue the following way:

I often download statements from my bank website, spanning from a week to a
month. Then, these statements are imported into gnucash. Sometimes, the
save/import process skip some transactions (prob my bank's fault), so I have
to check the imported QIF against my printed statement.

If I see there is a missing transaction way back the beginning of the month,
for example, I have to go to the bottom of the transaction list, enter the
transaction, and then go back manually to the the point the new transaction
has been inserted (cronologically) to continue my checking. Some times this
point is a few screens up.

There is no sense to me, while doing this job, for sorting the transactions
in other way than cronological order, as I am checking the transactions
against my printed statement.

As I understand the original 2003 question (and as I agreed with it), the
problem lies in having to go to the bottom of my transaction list, and has
nothing to do with the newly entered transaction disappearing from there. My
proposed solutions would be:
1. the ability to enter transactions in any point of the screen (like
clicking in the "new transaction" button, and a blank line being inserted
just after or before the line where the cursor lies)
2. or to have the "enter transaction" "form" in a "frame" aways present on
the screen (in the bottom of the screen). This could be an option in the
"View" menu, but I can see a lot of hate coming against this solution, as
this is the way MS Money works :(
3. The idea of a popup window when clicking the "Enter new transaction"
button seems the easiest to implement, but also seems the most awkward, as
people do not like popups :)

So, the solution proposed in the original message (regarding to sort
transactions by date entered) does not address my "problem" (it's not really
a problem, but more an annoyance).

Hope this will clarify things a bit. Thanks for answering!

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2009/8/21 Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>

> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Daniel Trezub<daniel3ub at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am searching the archives for this list, looking for some of my ideas
> of
> > improvement for GC. I've found this email, from some time ago:
> >
> >
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2003-November/009076.html
> >
> > This is something that really bugs me. Is there any way to ask developers
> to
> > reconsider this design decision? ;)
>
> (To summarize for people who don't want to follow the link-- the
> message is a response to a person who wants to continue to see
> transactions entered out of order, and NOT have them "disappear" once
> they are entered (because they instantly sort to the register's sort
> order).
>
> How do you feel about the solution proposed in that message? Changing
> the register's sort order to Date Entered seems like it would address
> your concern completely.
>
> Are you concerned that it's difficult to discover how to display the
> Date Entered field on the register?
>
> Are you concerned that you have to remember to change the sort order
> back, or that the sort order setting appears ambiguous?
>