Reconciling of account

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 03 November 2014 17:29:28 David Carlson wrote:
> On 11/3/2014 3:57 PM, Ken G. wrote:
> >> On 4/11/2014 07:00, Ken G. wrote:
> >>> While reconciling my checking account yesterday, I was annoyed at
> >>> having to individually check off the little square boxes by using
> >>> the mouse and clicking each box, one at a time. It was so much
> >>> easily in the past to have had use the space bar by holding it
> >>> down
> >>> and automatically checking off each box as fast as you can. Am I
> >>> missing something on how to do this now?
> >>> 
> >>> I am using GnuCash 2.6.1 on a el cheapo HP computer using Ubuntu
> >>> 14.04.1 as the OS.
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> 
> >>> Ken
> > 
> > On 11/03/2014 04:25 PM, prl wrote:
> >> I use SPACE, DOWN to check off items when I'm reconciling. SPACE
> >> used
> >> to advance automatically.
> >> 
> >> Peter
> > 
> > Yes, I love the automatic advancing. I wonder why it was taken out
> > of
> > the current version.
> > 
> > Ken
> > 
> > 
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> Peter and Ken,
> I noticed that in Windows, release 2.4.13 the spacebar does
> automatically advance the selection as you described, and release
> 2.6.4 October 22 Windows build it does not advance, as you also
> describe. Release 2.6.3 spacebar does not advance the selection in
> Ubuntu 12.04 either.  I think that could be called an inadvertent
> regression.
As you can read in my previous answer it is not an inadvertent regression. It's a redesign.

> The Tutorial description of Entry Shortcuts describes
> using the spacebar in the reconcile window, but it does not say
> whether the selection advances automatically in either the 2.4 Guide
> or the 2.6 guide.
That could use some clarification. Especially for the 2.6.4 case.

Regards,

Geert