--On November 14, 2015 at 12:37:04 PM -0800 John Ralls
<[email protected]> wrote:
Let’s at least make the non-trading account view look like the
trading account view with each split amount. That will help some with
the confusion.
You mean always show the amount instead of the value? I thought about
doing that when I implemented trading accounts but didn't since one of
my design criteria was to change the behavior of GnuCash when trading
accounts were turned off as little as possible. I changed the display
with trading accounts on since I though it was very confusing
otherwise. Changing it to always show the amount instead of value
would be a good idea, I think.
I don’t think it makes sense to show the value without also showing
the price. I think ideally we’d switch split-view to the layout in
STOCK accounts any time there’s more than one commodity involved in
a transaction in ledger view any time there’s a visible transaction
with multiple commodities).
Having a way to use the stock account layout for any register sounds
like a great idea. However doing it based on what's visible may not be
the best way. If I understand what you're suggesting then scrolling
around in a register would make the extra columns appear and disappear
depending on what is currently visible. This would be disconcerting.
You could base the decision on whether there is a transaction anywhere
in the register that uses two or more commodities, but then one
multi-currency transaction way in the past would change the register
layout forever, which isn't too good either.
How about just making it an option for the register? We could an a
command to the View menu, View->Show Value and Price, (assuming amount
is always shown). The default would be based on the current behavior.
This would seem to give us the most flexible solution. It would also
make the exchange rate dialog less important, which wouldn't be a bad
idea.
Mike
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