[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[David H]

Ah I remember it now that you remind me :-)

Cheers David H.

On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 12:52, john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> David,
>
> OK, so not the marker transaction. I've got only 5 future transactions.
>
> The read line in Vincent's file is because he has read-only after N days
> set in File>Properties. The transactions above the red line are read-only.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> On Jun 30, 2023, at 17:43, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello John,
>
> Sorry my bad, it's actually Big Sur version 11.7.8 on the iMac, NOT
> Monterey - memories going !!!  The blank txn is my future credit card
> payment - happens on the same day each month and I just fill in the amount
> when I know it.  I have one in each of my 3 card accounts and multiple in
> the cheque account for the other side of the splits in them.
>
> I used Vincent's test file that he posted earlier and it seems to do the
> same thing see below, the register WITHOUT focus when re-opening only
> displays the blank txn plus 1. He also has multiple blank txns in that
> register.  Not sure where the red line comes from as I don't see it in my
> own file and I can't see a preference for it ?
>
> Thanks David H.
>
> <image.png>
>
> On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 09:37, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Huh. Two possibilities: I have only a few future transactions, not enough
>> to move the blank transaction that far up the screen, and I wonder if that
>> marker transaction (with no debit or credit value) matters.
>>
>> What macOS version on the iMac?
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>> > On Jun 30, 2023, at 1:47 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi John,
>> >
>> > I hope I don't sound ungrateful, as always I really appreciate the work
>> you and the other devs/translators/etc put in on my most used app.
>> >
>> > Anyway here's a pic of what I'm seeing on all my pc's - haven't fired
>> up Ubuntu for a few days so can't say what happens there. I have standard
>> sort order on, future dated txns after the blank txn so they stand out for
>> me.  As you can see from the pic's different end points.  Looking at it
>> again this morning after a coffee I have noticed that if I close GnuCash
>> with an account register open that particular register exhibits the old
>> behaviour and is scrolled right to the bottom when GnuCash is re-opened.
>> Otherwise I only get the blank txn and 1 future dated txn in all open
>> registers.  Usually I close Gnucash with the focus on the Accounts tab so
>> it seemed like it affected all registers.   Aha, did I hear you say
>> something about lazy tab repainting/refreshing in a previous post - is
>> there a connection ?
>> >
>> > I've also noticed some of my icons disappearing, but only on my slow
>> old 2014 27" iMac - looks a bit weird - like 3 missing, 2 there, more
>> missing and if you move the cursor along the icon row they magically
>> reappear.  Really only an intermittent thing that I've only seen twice on
>> the one Mac.
>> >
>> > Hope this clarifies things somewhat.
>> >
>> > Cheers David H.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > <image.png>
>> >
>> > On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 03:55, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jun 30, 2023, at 8:31 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> I also think that the registers now display a little differently to
>> what
>> > >> they used to.  In 5.1 any open registers always scroll all the way
>> to the
>> > >> end of the txns when you re-open your GnuCash data file.  In 5.3
>> they don't
>> > >> seem to quite get all the way to the bottom meaning you have to
>> manually
>> > >> page down in every register you had open to see all your future
>> txns, which
>> > >> in my case is sometimes 15 - 20 as I like to know what's coming up
>> for the
>> > >> next 60 days cash flow wise.
>> > >
>> > > I don't use future-dated transactions, but if it doesn't even get to
>> the last transaction (and ideally the next empty one) that could get quite
>> annoying.
>> > >
>> >
>> > I just checked that and both open registers had the cursor in the blank
>> transaction just like always. There's a  preference to put the blank
>> transaction before future transactions. Even with that set I see all the
>> ones I have displayed below the blank transaction, but I can imagine that
>> if you have more than will fit in the window then GnuCash will scroll so
>> that the blank transaction is at the top of the window and some of those
>> future transactions aren't visible. I think that's correct behavior: Ready
>> to perform input with the input location visible.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > John Ralls
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