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

[Adrien Monteleone]

I occasionally look at other registers and may even do Finds before 
committing a transaction.

I do get a warning about wanting to save changes if I attempt to exit 
the register being edited, attempt to edit an already committed 
transaction in two different registers at once, or when exiting GnuCash 
with an edit in-progress. (in which case, it switches me to the affected 
register if I recall correctly)

I never expect to see a non-committed transaction appear elsewhere until 
committed. I'm not sure why anyone would.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/27/22 7:05 PM, William Prescott wrote:
> 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.