[GNC] Date Picker Info

[Adrien Monteleone]

Chapter 4. Transactions - Using Entry Shortcuts

Regards,
Adrien

> On Sep 10, 2018, at 2:54 PM, D <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I forgot about those.
> 
> These are written in the code, so my guess is that they are hard. But I'm hardly a programmer. Where in the Guide are these documented?
> 
> David
> 
> On September 10, 2018, at 3:50 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
> I just looked at the guide and some of those are there. The Shift and CTRL versions of increment/decrement week/year aren’t listed.
> 
> Are those hard coded or are they alterable accelerators? If the latter, then non-English users could customize them to suit.
> 
> Also, don’t forget these two which are in the Guide:
> 
> 	• ] or } to increment the month and [ or { to decrement the month
> 
> 	• T or t to enter today’s date
> 
> That last one is very useful if you’ve entered a different date and now want to enter something for today. (as GnuCash retains the last date you used as the default for the next transaction)
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
>> On Sep 10, 2018, at 2:07 PM, David T. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> In the course of looking at documentation improvements, I happened to look at the program code for the date cells in GnuCash, and I discovered that there are several quick keys for setting the date that I was unaware of, and I thought I’d share with the list.
>> 
>> Most of us know about using =/- to add or subtract a day to the date shown. 
>> 
>> Some of us know that Shift =/- (_/+) increments a week at a time. 
>> 
>> A few of us know that using CTRL =/- increments a year at a time.
>> 
>> But I wonder how many people know that m/M sets the date to the beginning of the month, and h/H set the date to the end of the month? Or that y/Y sets it to the beginning of the year, while r/R sets it to the end?
>> 
>> Interesting little UI factoids! Too bad for non-English speakers; as the mnemonics probably won’t make as much sense in French or German…
>> 
>> David
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