Hi Will, Colours aren't really my thing, I like my accounts to all look the same as well :-) Although I always found the default theme/colours on linux to be better that on Windows and MacOS.
Cheers David H. On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 10:17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have a preference for where new tabs open, I can see advantages to > either location, and can adjust easily to either location. > > But i just discovered that one can give accounts colors and specify that > the color be used on the tab. If one has some tabs that they want to keep > open all the time, colors make it easy to see and separate them from ones > that are just opened temporarily. > > Will > > On 2020 Sep 16, at 09-16 18:59:18, 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. > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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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