David = Problem child :-) On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 09:59, David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote:
> David H., > > You are one of many Davids that are subscribed to GnuCash maillists. I > have trouble remembering which of us wrote what. I think it is David T > that likes the menu tabs on the left side. We all have our unique > preferences! > > I do think that this particular feature can be adapted to by retraining > the operator by about the same level of training as switching from one > desktop to another in Linux, so I, for one, am only flabbergasted by it > being sprung on us seemingly without warning. > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 6:32 PM David H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No No No :-) My tabs are across the top, left to right, COA followed by 6 >> account tabs - called them pinned if you want - that are the accounts I'm >> generally always working in. I would like all new tabs including search >> results, regular txn lists on opening gnucash, reports, what have you >> always opening on the right i.e. AFTER the last tab I have open. I know >> that the ANZ Visa tab is always last so I can safely close all tabs to the >> right of it. This all seems to have come about because someone liked to >> have 50 tabs open !!!! Not a common use case I would have thought. >> >> I did actually load up the test versions, 3.90... and I may have mentioned >> this at the time, I can't remember but it's still a bit foreign to me to >> go >> looking for tabs that I want to close in amongst all the other ones I want >> to keep open permanently. >> >> Cheers David H. >> >> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 22:49, D. via gnucash-user < >> [email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Thanks for pointing this bug out. >> > >> > It's too bad that the suggestion in the bug to discuss this change on >> the >> > lists was not apparently taken up. The devs would then have at least >> heard >> > from some other users about their use cases and preferences, and users >> > would have had a heads up about the change. Instead, a change gets >> pushed >> > out based on one person's request, mainly because it involves "three >> lines >> > of code." I'll set aside the wisdom of making changes to software based >> > primarily on the complexity of the fix, or on a single user and the >> > opinions of three devs... >> > >> > While it might seem overkill to discuss something as seemingly minor as >> > this change, I think *any* change in the user interface should be >> discussed >> > more, rather than less. >> > >> > Now, we get to have that discussion. >> > >> > At the risk of repeating myself, let me re-present. In my usage of >> > Gnucash, I keep a core set of tabs always open. These tabs represent my >> > primary active accounts: my checking account, savings account, credit >> card >> > account, and a cash account. >> > >> > I leave them open because they are involved in the vast majority of my >> > transactions, and it is easier to click on one of the tabs than to go to >> > the CoA, locate the account, and open it. I like to have them at the >> top of >> > the list at all times because I can quickly locate them there. I know >> where >> > they are. >> > >> > With the latest change, I no longer can rely on this. My core tabs move >> > down. If I open one of my more obscure accounts to look at things, it >> > pushes its way in at the top. If I've opened several of them, they are >> all >> > at the top, and when I am done with those tabs, I have to carefully >> close >> > tabs, rather than close all tabs below a certain point on the screen. >> > >> > None of this is particularly catastrophic, but it does affect me and my >> > workflow every time I open or close an account, so I would prefer to >> have >> > the option of restoring the old tab behavior. >> > >> > The idea of pinned tabs is interesting, although it doesn't remove the >> > need for the preference. If I jump to a new account tab from a pinned >> one, >> > will the new tab go at the end of the list, or bury itself in the >> middle of >> > my pinned tabs? I think the user would still want the option of where >> the >> > new tabs open. >> > >> > I'll give a clear and unambiguous preference: I want to be able to >> choose >> > this behavior with a preference setting. Put this setting on the same >> page >> > as the tab location setting, and have it read: >> > >> > Open new tabs: □ At the bottom of the tab list □ After the current tab >> > >> > David T. >> > >> > >> > -------- Original Message -------- >> > From: Geert Janssens <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Wed Sep 16 03:35:35 EDT 2020 >> > To: "D." <[email protected]>, [email protected] >> > Cc: Gnucash Users <[email protected]>, Stan Brown < >> > [email protected]>, David Carlson <[email protected] >> > >> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Tabs Behaviors in GNC4.1 >> > >> > Op woensdag 16 september 2020 01:21:19 CEST schreef >> > David Carlson: >> > > It doesn't make sense to me either, and since it is a change >> > from previous >> > > behavior, I think it deserves a bug report. >> > >> > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797787[1] >> > >> > -------- >> > [1] https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797787 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > > > -- > 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. 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