[GNC] Possible Jump Enhancement

David H hellvee at gmail.com
Tue Dec 8 18:02:23 EST 2020 

David C,

Have you tried doing anything with ; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/JumpTransactionAction" "") in the
accelerator-map keyboard shortcuts ?

Cheers David H.


On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 at 08:51, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> When I posed the Jump enhancement question, I did not mention my own usage
> or how it might be affected.
>
> I find that even though I keep most of my register views in the Auto-split
> Ledger or Transaction Journal modes I frequently find my focus in the Date,
> Number, Description or Notes fields of transactions when I want to go to
> the 'other side' of a transaction to find another transaction in that same
> account, for example.  I do have a lot of transactions with more than two
> splits, but more than half have only two splits.  When the focus is in one
> of those common fields of transactions, it would be fewer clicks to
> immediately right click and click 'Jump' or navigate the focus to the
> header and click the 'Jump' button or click "Action" > 'Jump' button to
> jump to the 'Transfer' account than to navigate the focus to the header and
> click the 'Split' button if needed, navigate the focus back to the
> transaction and click a certain split line, then right click and click
> 'Jump' or navigate the focus to the header and click the 'Jump' button or
> click "Action" > 'Jump'.
>
> Another enhancement would be to create a keystroke shortcut to the 'Jump'
> function which could save several mouse actions and clicks.  That would be
> even cooler if the underscores were restored to the menu descriptions.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:33 PM will at theprescotts.com <
> will at theprescotts.com>
> wrote:
>
> > If someone is taking a poll, I don't think it is worth the effort either.
> > But then I mostly use either the split view or auto-split view.
> >
> > Will
> >
> > On 2020 Dec 8, at 12-08 11:39:36, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> >
> > Just a devil's advocate question, but how is hitting the Jump button to
> > get a popup to see the splits any different than hitting the Split button
> > to get the register to expand the transaction to see the splits?
> >
> > It's still two mouse-clicks to get to the target account, but without a
> > popup.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> >
> > On Tue, December 8, 2020 12:25 pm, Edith Murphy wrote:
> > > Hi David,
> > >
> > > I would find that helpful as it would allow the quick jump for a split
> > > transaction when looking at the basic ledger.  Also a way to see which
> > > accounts are involved in a split transaction without having to click
> > > split.  I often want a quick look at info from the auto-split ledger
> > > without having to switch to it.
> > >
> > > Thank you and all the people who work on this program.  I appreciate
> what
> > > you do.
> > >
> > > Edith
> > >
> > >
> > > edith at mossbrookfiberarts.com
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Dec 8, 2020, at 12:00 PM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
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> > >>  1.  Possible Suggestion: Give transactions a default 'Jump to'
> > >>     target account (David Carlson)
> > >>  2.  Fwd: Re: Possible Suggestion: Give transactions a default
> > >>     'Jump to' target account (Stan Brown)
> > >>
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> > >> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:18:28 -0600
> > >> From: David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> > >> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > >> Subject: [GNC] Possible Suggestion: Give transactions a default 'Jump
> > >>      to' target account
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> > >>
> > >> I am considering proposing an enhancement to GnuCash to provide a
> > >> default
> > >> 'Jump to' target action. If there are only two split lines in the
> > >> transaction, it would be the transfer account.  In complex
> transactions
> > >> there would be a pop-up giving a list of the accounts in the
> transaction
> > >> and asking which account to 'Jump to'.  This action would be
> overridden
> > >> by
> > >> the current 'Jump to' destination when the focus is in a split line.
> > >>
> > >> The primary purpose of this proposal would be to define a 'Jump to'
> > >> destination that is invocable from the base fields of the transaction
> > >> which
> > >> are often the only fields visible when the account register display is
> > >> set
> > >> to 'Basic Ledger'.
> > >>
> > >> Before I make the proposal, I would like comments on whether this is
> > >> worth
> > >> pursuing.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> David Carlson
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ------------------------------
> > >>
> > >> Message: 2
> > >> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 08:36:35 -0800
> > >> From: Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
> > >> To: GnuCash User List <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > >> Subject: [GNC] Fwd: Re: Possible Suggestion: Give transactions a
> > >>      default 'Jump to' target account
> > >> Message-ID: <40380037-868b-e813-2f7f-210b51592bf2 at fastmail.fm>
> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
> > >>
> > >> Apologies -- I clicked "reply" instead of "reply List".
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Since you asked for opinions --
> > >>
> > >> Speaking for myself only, I just click Split in the top row of icons,
> > >> then click on the account I want in the expanded transaction and
> Jump. I
> > >> don't think the pop-up would help me in my workflow.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Stan Brown
> > >> Tehachapi, CA, USA
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