On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Geert Janssens <[email protected] > wrote:
> I think the file association feature is currently pretty basic, but useful. > > The most common complaints about the initial implementation were > - the lack of an indication of whether a file was associated with it or not > - a way to remove an existing association > > The former has been fixed in 2.6 already, the latter was implemented for > the > upcoming 3.0 release. > > By checking this, I find the option to remove an association hidden too far > away, so it may need another revision in the future. Currently to remove an > existing association one has to select "Associate File with transaction" a > second time. The file dialog that pops up will now have an additional > "Remove" > button to remove the existing association. > > > Future potential improvements I can think of: > - Make removing a file association more visible. > - Show a file icon instead of "F"/"U". While a no-brainer from a usability > point of view it would require huge changes in the current register code, > so > it's unlikely to be implemented anytime soon unfortunately. > Geert: Maybe the legacy register code cannot handle icons, but instead of using a letter such as "F", can it handle Unicode glyphs? Here are a few of many available glyphs (including example URLs in case they get mangled in email): π paperclip http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%8E π link symbol http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%94%97 π file folder http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%81 πΎ floppy disk http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%92%BE π pushpin http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%8C βcheck mark http://graphemica.com/%E2%9C%93 π page with curl http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%93%83 π wastebasket http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%97%91 β no entry http://graphemica.com/%E2%9B%94 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
