[GNC] Pending Edit Behavior in GnuCash

[David Carlson]

If there was a way to choose which of existing search windows or General
Ledger or 'with sub-accounts ' views to jump to, that would be a plus when
jumping.  I guess those windows would need better names, esp. for searches .

I would like a shortcut back to the a SLR results window or another if
there is more than one.

David Carlson

On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 12:42 PM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I currently use the jump feature a lot to navigate from the SLR entry list
> (a search window) to various account registers to verify context around new
> entries, and individual account registers are crucial to monitoring current
> balances in asset and liability accounts.
>
> However,  if the jump feature would jump to an individual account register
> if the focus is on a split line or to the General Ledger view if in the
> description line, I would find that personally acceptable.
>
> I do not use single line register view or basic ledger view.  Since
> General Ledger view and search window views do not allow basic ledger view,
> that might be an issue for those who like the basic ledger view.
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 12:07 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
>> This is the only reason I ever use the jump button, so I’d be inclined to
>> agree. I don’t think I’ve ever jumped just to see the other account. Of
>> course, I’m sure others have plenty of use cases.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> > On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:29 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> >
>> > Perhaps that would be a better behavior for the current jump button.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > John Ralls
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Jun 28, 2019, at 9:20 AM, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I would like to throw out a new suggestion to add a permanent menu
>> item to
>> >> the account register window that would jump to the current transaction
>> in
>> >> the journal view,  where there is no anchor account.  This would allow
>> >> editing without worrying about whether an anchor account split is being
>> >> edited.
>> >>
>> >> David Carlson
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 9:07 PM Adrien Monteleone <
>> >> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I figured as much, but suggested it anyway at least as a temporary
>> >>> workaround. I do see the utility of an edit-only tab.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Adrien
>> >>>
>> >>>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 8:37 PM, David Carlson <
>> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Returning to Adrien's comment on my Edit window Suggestion:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> Finally, I will throw out a radical suggestion that all edits get
>> >>> their own
>> >>>>>> new window instead of happening within a certain register view
>> with a
>> >>>>>> certain "anchor" account which has special behavior compared to
>> other
>> >>> split
>> >>>>>> lines.  This Edit window would not be tied to any account and
>> would be
>> >>>>>> obviously not saved as long as it exists.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>> This already exists as the ‘General Journal’ (Tools menu) It’s your
>> >>> choice to use it. Though it is not implemented for only the currently
>> >>> edited transactions, but the entirety of your data file.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> My reasoning for suggesting a dedicated edit window for each
>> transaction
>> >>> edit is to serve a completely different purpose than that served by
>> the
>> >>> General Journal, but it may share some code in an implementation.  If
>> each
>> >>> transaction edit was in it's own dedicated window, they would all be
>> very
>> >>> easy to find and commit or cancel at a later time.  Then the possible
>> >>> ambiguity of having some pending edits in search windows or the
>> General
>> >>> Ledger would also be avoided.  There may be a better coding technique
>> to
>> >>> implement this, especially in SQL,  so I do not want to be so
>> specific to
>> >>> prevent the developers from thinking creatively in an implementation.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> David Carlson
>>
>>
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