[GNC] How to set a customer "opening balance" for the Customer Report

[Stan Brown]

On 2019-10-16 14:54, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I can see it being offered for ease of use, but I agree, it should be either editable from that dialog or maybe at least a tool-tip offered explaining to edit it in one of the respective registers.
> 
> Certainly, this is a usability bug.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> 
>> On Oct 16, 2019 w42d289, at 1:27 PM, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>
>> On 2019-10-16 12:10, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>> Also, the Opening Balance entry *is* editable, even in 2.6.x. I’ve done it myself. It is just a regular transaction.
>>
>> I believe you, but I must say that that was very far from obvious to
>> this new user. I couldn't understand why the Account dialog displayed an
>> opening balance but wouldn't let me correct it. So I ended up making all
>> my opening balance transactions myself, through General Ledger or one of
>> the account registers.

Yes, a tool tip would have solved my problem. If it said "You can edit
this by editing the initial transaction in General Ledger", that would
have helped me a lot.
-- 
Regards,
Stan Brown
Tompkins County, New York, USA
https://BrownMath.com
http://OakRoadSystems.com