"Hidden" option in the accounts edit window DANGEROUS -- don't use it

David T. sunfish62 at yahoo.com
Sat Feb 18 01:54:06 EST 2017


> On Feb 18, 2017, at 11:18 AM, 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

Ken,

I also tend not to hide accounts that have balances in them, for the reason you note regarding balances. What sorts of accounts are you hiding, and why?

David



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