[GNC] GNC] Chart of Accounts sort order in v3.2 - Help

[Alan Maddocks]

I re-installed version 2.6.6 and that has 3 Account sort options: the choice of alphabetical and reverse alphabetical and also the order that the accounts were entered in.  I have already spent time entering the account codes.  As you have mentioned the many problems reported with version 3.x and Windows, I think I will stick with version 2.6.6 for the time being.

Regards,

Alan.

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From: Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> 
Sent: 04 September 2018 23:03
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Cc: sunfish62 at yahoo.com; alan.maddocks at hotmail.co.uk
Subject: Re: GNC] Chart of Accounts sort order in v3.2 - Help

I can confirm that the change did NOT happen between 2.x and 3.2.  I have 2.6.19, and when I click on Amount Name, in the Accounts tab, I get only the choice of alphabetical and reverse alphabetical. GTK3 has seemed like a step backwards in user convenience, in several matters, but this is not one of them. (I don't blame the GC developers for keeping current with GTK; I blame the GTK developers.)

I understand, Alan, that you don't want to spend time entering account codes. But it would not be just for the sorting of the Accounts view.
You can also use the account code, just like the name, when entering transactions in the registers. (That's true in 2.6.19; I haven't tried 3.x because so many problems have been reported with that version and Windows operating system. Hopefully they'll be fixed in 3.3.)

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Regards,
Stan Brown
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