Tabbing order of fields

david.carlson.417@gmail.com david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 27 23:43:23 EDT 2016







    I am not expecting you to prefer the same procedure that I prefer.  I am stating that as you have seen, GnuCash is somewhat clunky in this area and it is not likely to change in the near term.  I just tried to find a procedure that I could live with.
David C
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------ Original message------From: ACDate: Sat, Aug 27, 2016 5:07 PMTo: david.carlson.417 at gmail.com;gnucash-user at gnucash.org;Subject:Re: Tabbing order of fields
I don't use splits on these securities so I have it turned off.  That'swhat I meant to say when I said I don't have splits visible.  I don'tactually need them.  There are only two accounts involved, the mutualfund (of which I'm using its register) and the bank (which I don't look at).On 2016-08-27 14:56, david.carlson.417 at gmail.com wrote:> I have always used the the auto split view in security account registers so I do > not remember what you see if you have that turned off.  You can set that > differently for each account if you like.> > > David C> > > Sent from my LG G Pad 7.0 LTE, an AT&T 4G LTE tablet> > > ------ Original message------> > *From: *AC> > *Date: *Sat, Aug 27, 2016 2:03 PM> > *To: *david.ca rlson.417;GnuCash users group;> > *Subject:*Re: Tabbing order of fields> > > I'm a bit confused by your description because I don't have splitsvisible.  Please do let me know what I've missed in your description soI can better understand.  For what I see, I have double line viewsturned on but not automatic splits.  In the mutual fund register I havethe columns:Date, Num, Description, Transfer, R, Shares, Price, Buy Sell, Balanceand Action (on the next line).If I start on a blank transaction in the Date field, as I tab over Iland on Description, Transfer and then Shares as I would expect assumingthat the description I type in is brand new (never used before in theledger).However, if I repeat the process and reuse a description (let's say"Dividend") as soon as I tab out of the Description field I jump all theway to the Buy or Sell field (whatever was used last with thatdescription).  The Shares, Price, Buy and Sell fields all auto populatewith the previously used values but now I don't end up on Shares aftertabbing.  It's a minor thing but it makes entering transactions a littlemore awkward than other ledgers because the order of data entry isaltered (number of shares isn't always the same and I usually let theprice get autocalculated so that my buy/sell fields match the statement.)On2016-08-27 07 :57,david.ca rlson.417 wrote:> Hi,> > You are observing an artifact of the register view when there is mixture of > split lines linked to security accounts and linked to currency accounts.  When > the curser is in a split line for a security account the tab order does include > the shares and price fields in right to left order.> > You do bring up a good point, however.  GnuCash does assume that when you are in > a security account and creating a new transaction that the new line is a > security account line and it does stop on shares and price.> > It would be helpful if those boxes were hatched out in currency account lines so > that it is obvious that they are not used in those lines.  You could suggest > that as a new feature either in a bug report or the new feature request page at >uservoice.com .> > David C> > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone> > > -------- Original message --------> From: AC > Date: 8/26/2016 11:44 PM (GMT-06:00)> To: GnuCash users group > Subject: > Tabbing order of fields> > Is there a way to rearrange the order of tabbing > between fields in a> ledger? I'm using one of the mutual fund ledgers and after > I tab to> exit the description field it skips the next columns "shares" and> > "price" and goes straight to either the "buy" or "sell" field (depending> on the > auto-fill). I'd like to go to "shaes" first then price (so I> can erase it) > instead of having to go backwards then forwards again.> > _______________________________________________> gnucash-user mailing > list>gnucash-user at gnucash.org > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> -----> Please remember > to CC this list on all your replies.> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or > Reply-All.>> 



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