Sorry, I didn't expect my comment to turn into a discussion. Therefore I am splitting it off of the original thread
On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:14 PM David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> >> [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. >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > David Carlson >> > >> >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 >> [email protected] www.ihtfp.com >> Computer and Internet Security Consultant >> >> > > -- > David Carlson > -- 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.
