[GNC] Opening account with CR no longer works, also BS does not work

[Adrien Monteleone]

John Morris,

For me (Mojave 10.14.6) the ESC key gets rid of the text entry window and the arrow keys are then active again.

I was using a mouse for selecting an account because I can’t seem to navigate to that tab via my keyboard from another tab. Since I’m using the mouse anyway, I just keep using it till I’ve opened the target register.

Unfortunately, your Control-Option-Page Up/Down only works for full size keyboards. The equivalent for Page Up/Down on a short keyboard is Fn-up/down and that doesn’t work in combo with Control-Option or any combination thereof. (that I can tell, I miss my full size keyboard...)

Regards,
Adrien

> On Sep 17, 2019 w38d260, at 1:00 PM, John Morris <johnjeff at editide.us> wrote:
> 
> I think I am experiencing the same issue noted by the original poster. However, I don’t use GnuCash the same way, so I did not at first identify it as such.
> 
>  I’m using GnuCash 3.7 on two different machines: A 2014 15” MacBook Pro running Mojave (10.14.6) and a 2008 17” MacBook Pro running El Capitan (10.11.6). In both instances, I am able to use Control-Option-Page Up and Control-Option-Page Down to switch from a register or report tab to the adjacent tabs, wrapping around at the ends. However, that key combination does not work in the Accounts tab or in the Scheduled Transactions tab. In either of those tabs, when I press either key combination, I get a small text-input field in the lower-right corner of the window where there was none before. In the Accounts tab, it appears at the very bottom of the window, partially covering the Profits drop-down menu. In the Scheduled Transactions tab, it appears at the line between the list of scheduled transactions and the calendar, still on the right side of the window.
> 
>  As long as I don’t have that text-entry field showing, I can use the CR in the Accounts tab to open a register. However, if it is showing, pressing CR does noting. Also, when the text-entry field first shows up, I am not able to use the delete key to remove any text in it. However, if I use the mouse to select any of the text in the field, the delete key works correctly until there is no selection.
> 
>  The reason I did not identify my issue as the same as the original poster’s is that I do not generally use the keyboard to select account names. However, I can see that if I type any letters while in the Account tab, I get that same text-entry field and it behaves as above. If I use the arrow keys to select accounts (my usual practice), I don’t get the text-entry field and I am able to use the CR to open the selected register. I also notice that the arrow keys have no effect once the text-entry field appears. The only way to get out of the text entry field is to use the mouse to click elsewhere in the window.
> 
> Best,
> John