Reports Account Selection

[Derek Atkins]

"Colin Scott" <gnucash at double-bars.net> writes:

> I believe I have mentioned this before, but I find one of the more
> mysterious bits of Gnucash is the account selection process when setting
> up a report.  Mainly my problem relates to the inconsistent and entirely
> non-intuitive way the mouse and keys work when dealing with the accounts
> tree.  So, I have a series of questions.
>
> 1.  Is there a keystroke  or mouse-click to expand/collapse all nodes of
> the accounts tree?

No.  There is no "collapse all nodes" nor is there an "expand all nodes"

> 2.  Is there  a keystroke or mouse-click to expand/collapse all nodes in
> the sub-tree under the current node?

Yes, click on the [+] and it will collapse the whole subtree under the
node.  There is no "expand all"

> 3.  Is there a keystroke or mouse-click to select/de-select the sub-tree
> under the current node?

What do you mean "select/de-select a subtree".  You can select the top
of the tree and then shift-click on the bottom of the tree, but I
believe that will un-select everything outside the tree.  So in short,
no, I don't think there's something close to what you're asking for.

> If the answer to any of the above is "no", then may I suggest that urgent
> consideration be given to their implementation? (I guess you could forget
> point 1 if you implement point 2!)

Sure.. Send in a patch that implements it.

> Next, we come to what happens when trying to select those bits of the
> accounts tree to include in the report.  I find that keystrokes and
> mouse-clicks that seem to be working fine will suddenly collapse the
> entire tree and de-select those bits already selected.  FOr example,
> having selected a number of nodes, pressing the down-arrow or up-arrow
> keys can de-select everything.  

Control-Click is your friend.

> Basically, this whole aspect of reports seems a total mess - at least, it
> is on this 'ere Windows installation! So far as I can see it either needs
> some heavy-duty documentation (I haven't been able to find anything
> useful in the manual), or - better - some serious re-implementation.
>
> Any thoughts or comments?
>
> Colin

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-derek

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