[GNC] Transfer Funds Dialog

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

4.13 on Windows 11. The account in question is a mutual fund, although that isn't material to the problem, since the dialog behaves the same for accounts in different currencies. The down arrow doesn't behave that way for me; I can highlight the fraction, but have to hit tab an unspecified number of times before the second radio gets activated. 

⁣David T.​

On Aug 26, 2025, 1:20 PM, at 1:20 PM, Fred Bone <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org> wrote:
>On 26 August 2025 at 11:46, David T. said:
>
>> Hello,
>> 
>> 
>> I have long been bothered by the Transfer Funds dialog when it is 
>> triggered from within an ongoing transaction. An example of this is
>when
>> one purchases or sells shares of a mutual fund from a brokerage
>account,
>> or when one withdraws cash in a currency different than the account
>from
>> which the withdrawal is made.
>> 
>> 
>> The dialog that pops up (image attached) is repurposed from the
>generic
>> Transfer dialog; most of the transaction prompts are disabled, and
>only
>> the Currency transfer prompts are active. Every time I am accessing
>this
>> dialog in this way (whether it is through a cash withdrawal or a
>> purchase/sale of shares), I KNOW the other amount. But the dialog
>ALWAYS
>> defaults to a wacky Exchange Rate that is inevitably wrong. I am
>forced to
>> change over to the "To Amount" prompt in order to use the data point
>I
>> have. Adding annoyance to this: the Amount box is disabled until I
>> precisely click the radio button to select that option. Oh, and
>neither of
>> these buttons has a hot key that would allow me to quick select them.
>
>You didn't say which version of Gnucash you're using, or on what OS.
>
>I have 2.61 running on Windows 10. The dialog is differently laid out, 
>but the down-arrow key selects the "amount" entry and Tab makes the
>value 
>box active. If that's not true of later versions I would consider that
>a 
>bug / regression.
>
>AFAICT the exchange rate suggested is the latest one for the relevant 
>currency pair, as shown in the Price editor. The fact that this is
>quite 
>likely out-of-date is hardly the program's fault.
>
>I note you appear to have your account denominated in a currency. 2.61 
>won't let me designate mutual funds as currencies, so I can't determine
>
>how it would behave in your situation.