[GNC] Edit Cut and Copy greyed out

[Tony Vanson]

Thanks Geert,
My understanding now is that 3.7 will not *Copy* or *Cut* a complete
transaction line whereas previous versions did.
A plus I got out of this is that *Duplicate* is a more efficient method for
my needs.
Cheers

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 10:08 PM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> Op zondag 15 december 2019 15:29:56 CET schreef Tony Vanson:
> > A bit further to my mystery - the first time I open a register, and the
> > blank line on the bottom, with just the current date, is highlighted by
> > default, *Cut *and *Copy *are active and I can in fact use them, however
> if
> > I highlight a line with transactions, *Cut *and *Copy *are greyed out. In
> > all instances *Paste *is available? Any ideas welcome.
> > Cheers
> >
> Ok, so I have opened gnucash to verify what you are describing.
>
> It does exactly what you say and in fact that is also what it is expected
> to
> do by design.
>
> Here's the explanation: the "Copy" and "Cut" menu items serve to copy or
> cut
> simple bits of text, not full transactions or splits. There are other
> commands
> for copying complete splits and transactions as someone else suggested
> earlier
> in this thread.
>
> When you open a register gnucash will highlight the date of the blank
> transaction (that is, it's selected). With some text being selected, the
> edit
> menu will offer you two commands to copy or cut this text.
>
> When you then click somewhere in any other field, that field's content
> won't
> be selected, but the cursor will simply be set to where you clicked. As
> there's not text selection, there's nothing to copy or cut, so the two
> menu
> items are disabled.
>
> I believe some of the early gnucash versions in the 3 series behaved
> slightly
> differently. A click in any field would first select the full contents of
> that
> field. Only a second click in the field would unselect the contents and
> insert
> the cursor on the click. This was removed as it was more frequently
> annoying
> than helpful. It's generally more common to want to set the cursor where
> you
> click than to want to select the whole field on a click.
>
> Hopefully this explains the mystery for you.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
>
>

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