I meant entering anything in the box would then pop up the dialog on continue, instead of having it triggered by a button. I was not clear.
No, it does not make your job easier. Yes, I realize the discussion was about removing functionality to make your job easier. fleur -- Fleur Dragan / fl...@obscure.org > On Jul 14, 2020, at 4:16 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > It rather obviously can't be a text entry: It's a transaction so it needs to > collect all of the requisite fields: Date, number, description, notes, other > account, and debit/credit. Instead of being a popup it could transfer focus > back to the blank transaction in the register. I don't think that would be a > better design since it would provide no cues about what one is supposed to do > and the user can do it themselves anyway, no button required. > > Regards, > John Ralls > >> On Jul 13, 2020, at 3:42 AM, fleur <fl...@obscure.org> wrote: >> >> >> No compelling reason either way, but a suggestion: For adding an interest >> transaction on reconciliation, does it have to be a popup? Could it be a >> text entry box? Not knowing the codebase at all, I have no idea what this >> implies, but IMO it's nicer UX than more clicking. >> >> >> >> fleur >> -- >> Fleur Dragan / fl...@obscure.org >> >> >> >> >>> On Jul 12, 2020, at 5:38 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >>> Frank and I have both opined on >>> https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 that the whole interest >>> payment as part of reconciling is stupid. I want to add to that opinion >>> that so is the payment transfer that optionally pops up when one finishes >>> reconciling a credit card account. It's a lot of program complexity that >>> relieves the user of very little work indeed: Those interest and payment >>> transactions can just as easily--maybe more easily--be created in the >>> register before and after reconciling, and in the case of interest they're >>> an obvious candidate for a scheduled transaction. >>> >>> But that's a UI change and UI changes tend to generate heated disagreement. >>> I want to get that out of the way up front: Who here objects to removing >>> the interest and payment transfer automatic popups and the interest payment >>> button on the reconcile info dialog, and what compelling reason do you have >>> for objecting? >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 10, 2020, at 6:59 PM, Adrien Monteleone >>>> <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Jean, >>>> >>>> I filed bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797854 for the issue >>>> with the global preference not being honored. >>>> >>>> And bug: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797855 for the button >>>> issue on the two dialogs. >>>> >>>> Feel free to combine them if you like. I wasn't sure of developers' intent >>>> with the global preference, so I filed them separately. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Adrien >>>> >>>> On 7/10/20 5:52 PM, Jean Laroche wrote: >>>>> If you open a bug about it, I can try to fix that (move things to the >>>>> right place etc). At the very least, the global option should be either >>>>> fixed, or removed. >>>>> Jean >>>>> On 7/10/20 3:35 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >>>>>> For consistency, that very wide button should probably either be changed >>>>>> to a checkbox, then moved or copied to the Account Edit page as a >>>>>> per-account preference. (it could remain in the dialog for >>>>>> discoverability I suppose, which is what I mean by 'copied') One could >>>>>> change it in either place, but ideally, it should be in one place. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure a global preference (especially one that is ignored) is >>>>>> necessary if each account can be set separately. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Adrien >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7/10/20 5:16 PM, lj wrote: >>>>>>> I figured it out. Duh. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There is a button on the Reconcile dialog that says "Enter Interest >>>>>>> Payment". In addition to letting you enter an interest payment, >>>>>>> clicking that button sets a per-account flag to always prompt for an >>>>>>> interest payment when you reconcile. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On the Interest Payment dialog, there is a button "No Auto Interest >>>>>>> Payments for this Account". (It's very wide, and I didn't realize it >>>>>>> was a button.) That cancels the dialog, and also clears the per-account >>>>>>> flag so GnuCash will no longer prompt for interest payment when you >>>>>>> reconcile. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> And the global preference Register, Reconciling, Automatic interest >>>>>>> transfer? It does NOTHING at all. It sets a preference flag which is >>>>>>> never used. It's supposed to be the default for accounts without the >>>>>>> auto-interest-payment flag, but it doesn't work. Note that in >>>>>>> libgnucash/engine/Account.cpp, the function >>>>>>> xaccAccountGetAutoInterestXfer() ignores its default_value argument. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>>> 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 >>>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>>> 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 >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> 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 >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> 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 >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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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