[GNC] Bulk moving transactions

[Derek Atkins]

Popups are a very inefficient entry method.

You already have the Ctrl-T (Enter Transfer) popup if you really want to
use pop-ups for entry.

-derek

On Wed, July 1, 2020 5:05 pm, David Carlson wrote:
> Back around the time the register2 rewrite was started I believe that I
> suggested replacing the complex register code with a basic data input
> pop-up window for the selected transaction or other input requirement such
> as stock purchase, or business feature more like one would likely find in
> a
> database application.  I will suggest a similar design change today to
> whomever decides to take up this task.  Unfortunately, I only know Basic
> and Fortran IV, which wouldn't get me very far today, so my help would be
> very limited.
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM Jean Laroche <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I started looking at that a little while before 4.0 and stopped because
>> no new features could be added. I'm going to re-start, as this strikes
>> me as a must-have feature.
>> The other elephant in the room is the undo/redo support, but that's for
>> another thread....
>> J.
>>
>> On 7/1/20 1:32 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >
>> > On Wed, July 1, 2020 4:27 pm, Jean Laroche wrote:
>> >> Does it not trike you as insane that we have to go through these
>> hoops
>> >> just to bulk move transactions? Something that should be as simple as
>> >> shift-select, right-click, move?
>> >> I'm not sure how support for multi-select operations was never
>> seriously
>> >> looked at.
>> >
>> > Patches always welcome!
>> >
>> > Seriously, it's not that easy due to the design and implementation of
>> the
>> > register.  The register-2 rewrite was supposed to make it easier, but
>> that
>> > effort (started about a decade ago) stalled and never finished, so
>> we're
>> > still using the same Canvas-based register code.
>> >
>> >> J.
>> >
>> >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>> >
>> > -derek
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> gnucash-user mailing list
>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information.
>> -----
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>
>
> --
> David Carlson
>


-- 
       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant