[GNC] Register layout

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 20, 2020, at 12:52 PM, Ron <rcarr38 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> How do I re-arrange the layout of the check register to my liking?
> 
> How do I get auto-fill for the payee?

The register layout is currently hard coded, so it's "our way or the highway", sorry.

Auto fill works by repeating previous entries so once you've created a transaction for a particular payee in an account you'll get auto-fill for subsequent entries with the same description. You can fiddle that a bit by letting autocomplete fill in based on a partial entry, tabbing through to the debit or credit column and then tabbing back and editing the description to what you want for the current transaction. For example, I like the description of dividend reinvestments to include the number of units as a cross-check. I might have 

10/11/2019   Reinvest FMAGX 23.11      Assets:Investments:Fidelity:Magellan Fund            251.67

and when it's time to do the next dividend I'll start "Reinvest FMAGX" and let it fill in the 23.11 and tab through so that it fills in the account for me. I'll edit the new value and then back-tab to the description and change the number of units. When I hit enter the transfer dialog will pop up where I'll enter the number of units again. Then when I go to reconcile the FMAGX account if it doesn't reconcile I can check the amount against what I put in the description and if there's a discrepancy it's a good clue about why it doesn't reconcile.

Regards,
John Ralls