Regards,
Adrien
On 9/10/20 4:21 AM, Chris Green wrote:
On Wed, Sep 09, 2020 at 11:36:16AM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
On 9/9/20 7:07 AM, Chris Green wrote:
Is there a quick way to:
Get to the 'Accounts' tab, in order to select the next account for
entering a transaction.
I could be wrong, but I don't think there is one built-in. You might be able
to set a custom accelerator for it. (see the wiki)
Pity, I'll look into customising though.
If you come up with something that works, please report back as I'm sure
others may find it useful.
However, you can use Ctrl+Alt+PgUp/PgDn to cycle through open tabs.
Doesn't really get there much faster than just using the mouse does it.
Save you don't have to move your hand from the keyboard.
(I find it odd that there isn't a built-in shortcut for the Accounts tab, or
one for simply opening an account via a pop-up search from anywhere)
Yes, exactly, there really does need to be a straightforward way to
get to account X.
If you are already on the Accounts tab, you can expand/collapse sections of
the tree with +/- and navigate with the up/down arrows. Pressing Enter will
open that register.
Yes, that's how I've been getting there, but you still need to get to
the accounts tab first.
There was another reply about Ctrl/Cmd+i which does bring up that
account search I referenced. However, at present there are still a few
superfluous key presses needed to get the desired account open. But it
is doable, without even using the Accounts tab at all, or the mouse.
Note, if you are editing a transaction and want to see it or edit it
from the perspective of one of the other affected accounts, you can
select the split line with that account in question, bring up the
context menu and select 'Jump'.
I don't see a keyboard shortcut for 'Jump' in the Actions menu, but you
might be able to assign one and shave some more time and/or clicks.
[snip]
'Enter' a transaction - i.e. a key to hit instead of having to
click on the + sign.
When you open a register, you should automatically be in a blank
transaction. (focus is on the date field)
If you were editing or focused on a previous (or future) transaction and
want to enter a new one, you can jump to the Blank Transaction via
Shift+PgDn.
There is also Preferences > Register > Actions > 'Enter' moves to blank
transaction if you like.
Ah, not quite what I meant. I want to have a way to store the
transaction in GnuCash once I've finished entering its details. As it
is now it stays 'live' until you hit the + button. I'm surprised
actually that it doesn't default to 'storing' it when you leave the
transaction.
In fact it's not very clear (to me, as a very new user) exactly when
tranasactions get entered and/or when they are permanently stored.
Even after hitting the + button there seems to be another stage as, on
exit, it warns that you'll lose everything unless you 'save'.
I think this has been answered, but the documentation clearly says to
hit the [Enter] key when done to commit the transaction. That *is* the
meaning of the [Enter] key. (I think since the beginning of its
existence on keyboards) It executes a command, commits data, or when
functioning as a [Return] key, will jump to the beginning of the next
line. (in the case of GnuCash, it commits the data *and* puts you in the
next blank transaction with focus on the date field, so it performs both
'Enter' and 'Return' functions)
'Enter' does not, for that key, mean 'go in to'. (but you can use it
that way as noted in preferences)
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