info about action field in double-line view

[Tommy Trussell]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
> wrote:

> I think the file association feature is currently pretty basic, but useful.
>
> The most common complaints about the initial implementation were
> - the lack of an indication of whether a file was associated with it or not
> - a way to remove an existing association
>
> The former has been fixed in 2.6 already, the latter was implemented for
> the
> upcoming 3.0 release.
>
> By checking this, I find the option to remove an association hidden too far
> away, so it may need another revision in the future. Currently to remove an
> existing association one has to select "Associate File with transaction" a
> second time. The file dialog that pops up will now have an additional
> "Remove"
> button to remove the existing association.
>
>
> Future potential improvements I can think of:
> - Make removing a file association more visible.
> - Show a file icon instead of "F"/"U". While a no-brainer from a usability
> point of view it would require huge changes in the current register code,
> so
> it's unlikely to be implemented anytime soon unfortunately.
>

Geert:

Maybe the legacy register code cannot handle icons, but instead of using a
letter such as "F", can it handle Unicode glyphs?

Here are a few of many available glyphs (including example URLs in case
they get mangled in email):

 📎 paperclip http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%8E

 🔗 link symbol http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%94%97

 📁 file folder http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%81

 💾 floppy disk http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%92%BE

 📌 pushpin http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%8C

 ✓check mark http://graphemica.com/%E2%9C%93

 📃 page with curl http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%83

 🗑 wastebasket http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%97%91

 ⛔ no entry http://graphemica.com/%E2%9B%94