[GNC] Cursor Focus on Wrong Tab

[David T.]

Hello,

I swear I reported troubles with this a long time ago, and I could have 
sworn I added a bug about it. My recollection was that I was the only 
person who could duplicate the issue, and so it never went anywhere 
further. However, I find no evidence on Bugzilla or in the lists. Alas. 
My search skills are clearly lacking.

The issue is this: when I am in Tab "H" and duplicate a transaction by 
clicking the toolbar Duplicate button, once I have concluded the process 
by selecting a new date and pressing Enter, my cursor appears to be in 
tab "H", but is actually on Tab "B" (which is the first register 
account, after the COA). If I attempt to edit the transaction at this 
point, the transaction that receives input is NOT the visible 
transaction in tab H, but rather the hidden transaction on tab B.

In the attached image, "Base Salary" is the aforementioned tab H, in 
which I have just created a new transaction by clicking the Duplicate 
button, choosing today's date and pressing Enter, which has created the 
06/19/2020 transaction that is visible on screen.

If you look down where the big arrow is pointing, however, you will see 
"66.59" clearly displayed. "66.59" is actually the value of a 
transaction in ****the Checking register****. If I start typing, the 
transaction that receives input *is in the Checking register and NOT the 
visible transaction in the Base Salary register.* I have to remember to 
use the mouse to actively click in the on screen transaction in order to 
"select" the transaction I just created on the currently-visible 
register and which appears to currently have focus.

To say this is confusing is an understatement--and it only gets worse if 
I start typing, fail to see any change, and then remember to click the 
current register. Now, the visible register gets focus--and the hidden 
register (which has changes I unwittingly have made) gets a commit. 
Obviously, this can have significant negative effects: the transaction I 
blindly edited has changed and been saved. Maybe that transaction is now 
unreconciled. Maybe I put gibberish into the description. Maybe I put 
gibberish into the transfer account, and GnuCash will send me a 
mysterious message that the account doesn't exist, would I like to 
create it. Maybe I have changed the amount on that transaction.

I hope that this email provides enough information that others can now 
see the problem that I have seen for a long time; if others can 
duplicate this, I'll enter a bug report.

David T.

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