Around 10 years ago I experimented with a competitive product to GnuCash called "MyMoney" produced by MTH Software. It was (is) based on a database format. The primary register view had a large area at the bottom of the main window that served as the data entry window, and contained as many fields as necessary to enter or edit a transaction. This software is still available today and there is a user manual available at http://wiki.mthbuilt.com/. There were multiple reasons then that I decided early on to switch to GnuCash as my primary financial software, but their User Interface is beautiful and efficient, in my opinion. I would not want to suggest design details to our developers beyond looking at their interface as an example of what can be done. Also, their software is proprietary, so it cannot be copied outright.
The advantage of separating the data entry from the register is that the data fields can not only be tailored to work within a SQL format, but they can be designed with more layout freedom when not constrained in the register format. The register portion of the window does not need to show all the transaction details, just the basic elements necessary to identify each transaction and a running balance. And the underlying code does not have to jump through all the U I hoops that are needed to keep everything synchronized in all the GnuCash register variations. I have not fired up their software in about a decade, but if I recall, it handled simple two account transactions, complex multi-split transactions, stock purchase and sales with capital gains all in variations of their basic window. David Carlson On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:53 PM Michael or Penny Novack < [email protected]> wrote: > On 7/1/2020 5:24 PM, David Carlson 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. > > What do you see when you are entering a "split" transaction? > > That is a "view" you are are allowed to choose to be on all the time, > yes? Isn't that what you just asked for? > > Michael D Novack > > PS: Because this view is appearing AS IF it were in the account > register, you might think of it as being there. It isn't. It's what > would appear as the journal entry that will result in a line in that > account register when it gets posted (on completion) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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.
