[GNC] How do I add notes to my columns?

[David Carlson]

First, I thought I followed all the links in your previous post,and all I
found were Diff files which don't mean much to an ordinary user.
Especially since your post suggested that you would make that change the
default.  Your example views in your last post show a register with the
longest note "train station coke", longest description "Best Western
Executive Seat" and longest account name "@#Points,Amtrack,Both".  All of
these are extremely short compared to my typical entries, which are likely
to count between 40 and 100 or more characters in many cases.  A more
typical screen resolution might be 1280x800 in a several year old laptop,
and trying to show my data in your one line configuration simply would not
work.  Other users' experience would be crucial to any decision regarding
changes.

Second,  The reason that I mentioned the 800x600 display size is not
because there are a lot of users still using such low res monitors, but
because most operating systems default to that low res when they do not
find a monitor with higher resolution, and it should still be possible to
limp along in that resolution until one can get their computer fixed.

Third, the register layout in GnuCash has seemingly become a sacred cow of
sorts over the years, partly because the code to implement it is
extraordinarily complex behind the apparently simple appearance, and a
significant change request would likely meet a lot of resistance both from
users and developers.  An actual implementation would require extensive
testing.  Would your proposal work correctly with the tab key?

If users are ok with it, and the current configuration with the current
settings for each of the several different register variations such as
stock accounts, search reisters, journal registers, "with child account"
registers etc. remains the default, would you be able to develop the code
and test it?

David Carlson

On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 5:51 PM azalea4va <bb at azalea.name> wrote:

> To each his own, but I would not call this "ultra-wide", it is normal wide
> on
> a modern monitor. I have no problem seeing the information and I have
> old-man eyes.  My post was a reply to someone whom seemed to be requesting
> this feature and a followup to a post three years ago where I provided a
> solution.  If you bothered to go to the original post, you would have seen
> a
> link to an image showing exactly what it looks like. But I will include
> another here.  On my monitor there is tons of white-space available to
> handle a NOTES fields and I get the advantage of getting double the rows I
> would get with double line mode.
> Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-23-26.png
> <
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t377531/Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-23-26.png>
>
> (BALANCE column omitted for privacy, strech the image to full screen width
> to check readability on your monitor, very readable on mine.)
>
> You are right, this is not for everyone.  Space is at a premium on
> smartphones, some tablets/laptops and even a 800x600 monitor (ancient as
> they are).  But this change just gives people the OPTION of having the
> notes
> field in single line.  The default width could be VERY small, taking up
> almost no space.  But with a single click, those that want it get to see a
> decently wide notes field.  Here is the same screen with the NOTES field
> condensed.
> Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-28-09.png
> <
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t377531/Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-28-09.png>
>
>
> I have no idea what works better for a majority of users but good software
> gives users options that allow it to work optimally in a number of
> scenarios.  Yes you get wider fields with a double or triple line mode but
> you also get half or a third the number of lines on the display.  It is a
> trade-off.  In my case, and in the OP's case apparently, we phave room to
> put NOTES on the single-line display.  Again, same screen, in double-line
> mode.  Note how much of the screen real-estate is wasted just showing blank
> stuff.
> Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-41-04.png
> <
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t377531/Screenshot_from_2020-08-29_13-41-04.png>
>
>
> The change I propose would allow you to keep things as are, you want to
> deny
> others this option?
>
>
>
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David Carlson