[GNC] User Experience Feedback After 5 Years of Using GnuCash

[Gal Bar Mashiah]

Thank you for the  Transaction --> 'Remove other splits' tip. Was not aware
about this option.

On Sun, Mar 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM Gal Bar Mashiah <galbarm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>   4.
>>
>>    *Register View Behavior for 'Description' and 'Transfer' Fields*: When
>>    entering a new transaction in the register view, leaving the
>> 'Description'
>>    field with the 'Tab' key causes the 'Transfer' field to be auto-filled
>> with
>>    the most recent transaction that has the same Description. While this
>> is
>>    generally useful, there are times when I would prefer the Transfer
>> field to
>>    remain empty. This issue occurs when the previous transaction involved
>>    splits with many accounts, but the current transaction only has one
>> other
>>    account. Perhaps a different keyboard shortcut could be used instead of
>>    'Tab' to avoid this?
>>
>
> Instead of modifying the register code as you suggest, how about adding a
> key binding to
>
> Transaction --> Remove other splits
>
> This is the command I use all the time when the circumstance you describe
> comes up, mostly because I previously entered multiple different types of
> purchases at a large store, and need to key in a new transaction for a
> different shopping trip. If you're not aware of the function, give it a try
> and see if it does what you need.
>
> You may be able to add the keybinding yourself. (I haven't looked to see
> if that function provides for it.)
>
>
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