If there was a way to choose which of existing search windows or General Ledger or 'with sub-accounts ' views to jump to, that would be a plus when jumping. I guess those windows would need better names, esp. for searches .
I would like a shortcut back to the a SLR results window or another if there is more than one. David Carlson On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 12:42 PM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > I currently use the jump feature a lot to navigate from the SLR entry list > (a search window) to various account registers to verify context around new > entries, and individual account registers are crucial to monitoring current > balances in asset and liability accounts. > > However, if the jump feature would jump to an individual account register > if the focus is on a split line or to the General Ledger view if in the > description line, I would find that personally acceptable. > > I do not use single line register view or basic ledger view. Since > General Ledger view and search window views do not allow basic ledger view, > that might be an issue for those who like the basic ledger view. > > David Carlson > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 12:07 PM Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> This is the only reason I ever use the jump button, so I’d be inclined to >> agree. I don’t think I’ve ever jumped just to see the other account. Of >> course, I’m sure others have plenty of use cases. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> > On Jun 28, 2019, at 11:29 AM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Perhaps that would be a better behavior for the current jump button. >> > >> > Regards, >> > John Ralls >> > >> > >> >> On Jun 28, 2019, at 9:20 AM, David Carlson < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> I would like to throw out a new suggestion to add a permanent menu >> item to >> >> the account register window that would jump to the current transaction >> in >> >> the journal view, where there is no anchor account. This would allow >> >> editing without worrying about whether an anchor account split is being >> >> edited. >> >> >> >> David Carlson >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 9:07 PM Adrien Monteleone < >> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I figured as much, but suggested it anyway at least as a temporary >> >>> workaround. I do see the utility of an edit-only tab. >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Adrien >> >>> >> >>>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 8:37 PM, David Carlson < >> [email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> Returning to Adrien's comment on my Edit window Suggestion: >> >>>> >> >>>>>> Finally, I will throw out a radical suggestion that all edits get >> >>> their own >> >>>>>> new window instead of happening within a certain register view >> with a >> >>>>>> certain "anchor" account which has special behavior compared to >> other >> >>> split >> >>>>>> lines. This Edit window would not be tied to any account and >> would be >> >>>>>> obviously not saved as long as it exists. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> This already exists as the ‘General Journal’ (Tools menu) It’s your >> >>> choice to use it. Though it is not implemented for only the currently >> >>> edited transactions, but the entirety of your data file. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> My reasoning for suggesting a dedicated edit window for each >> transaction >> >>> edit is to serve a completely different purpose than that served by >> the >> >>> General Journal, but it may share some code in an implementation. If >> each >> >>> transaction edit was in it's own dedicated window, they would all be >> very >> >>> easy to find and commit or cancel at a later time. Then the possible >> >>> ambiguity of having some pending edits in search windows or the >> General >> >>> Ledger would also be avoided. There may be a better coding technique >> to >> >>> implement this, especially in SQL, so I do not want to be so >> specific to >> >>> prevent the developers from thinking creatively in an implementation. >> >>>> >> >>>>> David Carlson >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
