[GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices

[Eric Hammond]

At least two of us users have been confused when editing / fixing Vendor or Customer field in Invoices or Bills
(and created somewhat of a mess)
I would request for the next GnuCash update:
All fields in the Invoice's "Invoice Information" & "Billing Information" panels,  and in the  Bill's  "Bill Information" & "Billing Information" panels be 
locked, and maybe, grayed out. 
That would force using the "Edit Invoice" or "Edit Bill" features in the top ribbon, which work exactly as users (at least 2 of us....) would expect. 

Thank you for the consideration,
Eric

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:02:07 +1000
From: Liz <edodd at billiau.net>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Fixing incorrect Vendor for invoices
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On Sat, 27 Aug 2022 18:13:29 +0000
Eric Hammond <eric at jehammond.net> wrote:

> Hi Derek,
> 
> So this is a "hidden" feature! 
> On the unposted invoice, Billing Information panel, the Customer
> field has an "Edit..." button, which to me means I can select the
> customer. Instead, it only allows altering the Customer information.
> 
> Currently the proper way is to go to the top GnuCash ribbon and
> select "Edit Invoice" which then allows the proper "Customer ...
> Select" option.
> 
> This is very non-intuitive: I can't think of any reason I would want
> to edit the basic Customer information from an invoice. Possibly a
> fix for a later release?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Eric
> 

I had tried to alter an invoice to a different customer and found
myself with a similar problem.
Now I have all of that data under one customer and a customer entry now
called "Reuse me" for next time I have a new customer.

I see Derek said its by design, but it caught me too.
I was not aware that the menu entry "Edit Invoice" had different powers
to choosing "View/Edit Invoice" from a search panel.

Liz