4.13 on Windows 11. The account in question is a mutual fund, although that isn't material to the problem, since the dialog behaves the same for accounts in different currencies. The down arrow doesn't behave that way for me; I can highlight the fraction, but have to hit tab an unspecified number of times before the second radio gets activated.
David T. On Aug 26, 2025, 1:20 PM, at 1:20 PM, Fred Bone <[email protected]> wrote: >On 26 August 2025 at 11:46, David T. said: > >> Hello, >> >> >> I have long been bothered by the Transfer Funds dialog when it is >> triggered from within an ongoing transaction. An example of this is >when >> one purchases or sells shares of a mutual fund from a brokerage >account, >> or when one withdraws cash in a currency different than the account >from >> which the withdrawal is made. >> >> >> The dialog that pops up (image attached) is repurposed from the >generic >> Transfer dialog; most of the transaction prompts are disabled, and >only >> the Currency transfer prompts are active. Every time I am accessing >this >> dialog in this way (whether it is through a cash withdrawal or a >> purchase/sale of shares), I KNOW the other amount. But the dialog >ALWAYS >> defaults to a wacky Exchange Rate that is inevitably wrong. I am >forced to >> change over to the "To Amount" prompt in order to use the data point >I >> have. Adding annoyance to this: the Amount box is disabled until I >> precisely click the radio button to select that option. Oh, and >neither of >> these buttons has a hot key that would allow me to quick select them. > >You didn't say which version of Gnucash you're using, or on what OS. > >I have 2.61 running on Windows 10. The dialog is differently laid out, >but the down-arrow key selects the "amount" entry and Tab makes the >value >box active. If that's not true of later versions I would consider that >a >bug / regression. > >AFAICT the exchange rate suggested is the latest one for the relevant >currency pair, as shown in the Price editor. The fact that this is >quite >likely out-of-date is hardly the program's fault. > >I note you appear to have your account denominated in a currency. 2.61 >won't let me designate mutual funds as currencies, so I can't determine > >how it would behave in your situation. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
