"Hidden" option in the accounts edit window - ask before panicking

[Liz]

On Sat, 18 Feb 2017 13:18:05 +0700
Ken Heard <kenslists at teksavvy.com> wrote:

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> In my accounts list I have a few accounts which I no longer use but
> still have entries in them.  I thought that I could use the "hidden"
> option and so ease use of the accounts tree.
> 
> I discovered to my chagrin that there is no way to "unhide" any
> account that has been hidden.  While those accounts are forever gone
> from view they still exist.  Their balances are still used in adding
> up the totals for placeholder accounts, so that placeholder account
> balances will no longer be the total of the balances in accounts on
> view in the placeholder tree.
> 
> I consider this situation sufficiently dangerous to prohibit use of
> the hidden option and to merit a bug report.
> 
> Regards, Ken Heard
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1. look at the Accounts tab
2. Go to the View Menu
3. Go to filter accounts by
4. Go to the tab "Other"
5. Put a little tick in the box "show hidden accounts".
6. RELAX


Liz