[GNC] Changing registers in the middle of entering or editing a transaction

[Geoff]

I disagree, I find this feature quite useful from time to time.

Regards

Geoff
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On 28/12/2022 12:05 pm, William Prescott wrote:
>>
>>> Let me guess: you looked in the other register before you had committed
>>> the transaction.
>>
>>
>> Yes, you are probably right
>>
> 
> That highlights a point about Gnucash function that I find annoying. It will let you switch registers in the middle of editing a transaction, leaving the changed transaction uncommitted.
> 
> Would it be an improvement to have the program prevent that. When you try to switch registers with an open transaction it could ask you if you want to save changes or cancel the editing of the transaction.
> 
> I can't think of a situation where I would like to pause in the middle of entering or editing a transaction in one register and go to another register.
> 
> Sometimes when I try to quit the App, it tells me I have an open transaction somewhere and it is always because I never committed some transaction. And at that point I don't remember what transaction nor if I wanted to save the changes.
> 
> Will
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