Transaction Reconciliation

[David Carlson]

On 10/25/2012 10:56 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 25 October 2012 16:28, C. Andrews Lavarre <alavarre at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've googled and read 5.8 of the documentation as well as
>>
>> *    **http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Keyboard_Shortcuts **
>> *
>> and examined
>> *
>> **    ~/.gnucash/accelerator-map*
>>
>> but have not found:
>>
>> *How to change a transaction reconciliation status from n to c with key
>> combination without mouse*.
>>
>> When you tab through a transaction the cursor skips the Reconciliation
>> column.*
>>
>> *So how can this be done?
>>
>> I do asmuch I can with keyboard, especially when reconciling statements.
>> It would be very useful to either have a hotkey to change a transaction
>> reconciliation from *n* to *c*  or else be able to tab to the column and
>> press space or something to change it.
> Just in case you are not aware of it the normal method of
> reconciliation is via Actions > Reconcile.  I don't think I have ever
> changed that field manually.  Or is there a use case that I am not
> aware of?
>
> Colin
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Colin,
Absolutely yes there are use cases.  I get very imperfect results when I
import transactions from my banks.  Sometimes I miss that an incorrect
match was made and I need to either manually enter or re-enter a
transaction or undo and re-do an import.  The former is usually easier. 
As far as improving the accuracy of imports, that is not likely with the
particular way they structure their exports, unless GnuCash get better
in this area.

Secondly, in other accounts (especially income and expense accounts, I
use the "C" in the reconcile box to tell me that I have double-checked
that transaction line.  I often make guesses in splits and go back later
when I find out how much interest the bank really charged.

I would vote for adding a keystroke or key combination to move the focus
to the reconcile field.

David C
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