Maybe I don't know the correct terminology. I envision the currently selected transaction automatically appearing in a data entry window instead of in the register.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:09 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Popups are a very inefficient entry method. > > You already have the Ctrl-T (Enter Transfer) popup if you really want to > use pop-ups for entry. > > -derek > > On Wed, July 1, 2020 5:05 pm, David Carlson wrote: > > Back around the time the register2 rewrite was started I believe that I > > suggested replacing the complex register code with a basic data input > > pop-up window for the selected transaction or other input requirement > such > > as stock purchase, or business feature more like one would likely find in > > a > > database application. I will suggest a similar design change today to > > whomever decides to take up this task. Unfortunately, I only know Basic > > and Fortran IV, which wouldn't get me very far today, so my help would be > > very limited. > > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 3:38 PM Jean Laroche <rip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I started looking at that a little while before 4.0 and stopped because > >> no new features could be added. I'm going to re-start, as this strikes > >> me as a must-have feature. > >> The other elephant in the room is the undo/redo support, but that's for > >> another thread.... > >> J. > >> > >> On 7/1/20 1:32 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > >> > > >> > On Wed, July 1, 2020 4:27 pm, Jean Laroche wrote: > >> >> Does it not trike you as insane that we have to go through these > >> hoops > >> >> just to bulk move transactions? Something that should be as simple as > >> >> shift-select, right-click, move? > >> >> I'm not sure how support for multi-select operations was never > >> seriously > >> >> looked at. > >> > > >> > Patches always welcome! > >> > > >> > Seriously, it's not that easy due to the design and implementation of > >> the > >> > register. The register-2 rewrite was supposed to make it easier, but > >> that > >> > effort (started about a decade ago) stalled and never finished, so > >> we're > >> > still using the same Canvas-based register code. > >> > > >> >> J. > >> > > >> >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >> > > >> > -derek > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > -- > > David Carlson > > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.