Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection + V#3 Windows scroll bars.

2018-05-26 Thread Chris Good
Good <goodchri...@gmail.com <mailto:goodchri...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > [GNC-dev] Register text selection > > > > > > Geert Janssens > > <mailto:gnucash-devel%40gnucash.org?Subject=Re:% > > 20Re%3A%20%5BGNC-dev%5D%20Re > > gister%20tex

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-22 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 7:21 PM > Subject: Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection > > Geert, > >> On May 22, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> >> wrote: >> >> Op maandag 21 mei 2018 19:44:57 CEST schreef David T.: >&

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-22 Thread David T. via gnucash-devel
Geert, > On May 22, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op maandag 21 mei 2018 19:44:57 CEST schreef David T.: > > > On May 21, 2018, at 6:14 PM, Geert Janssens > > > > > > wrote:> > > > Op

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-22 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 21 mei 2018 17:33:25 CEST schreef Robert Fewell: > Sorry I did not explain the third option very well, have a transaction > between say "Checking Account" and "Cash in Wallet" with both registers > open. > Position the cursor on a transaction somewhere in the "Checking Account", > go

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-22 Thread Geert Janssens
Op dinsdag 22 mei 2018 04:02:16 CEST schreef D: > Rather than change the message (which is still a good idea), I think we > should in this case fix the messenger--in other words, stop highlighting > off screen data elements and stop allowing users to change things they > cannot see. > > David T.

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-22 Thread Geert Janssens
Op maandag 21 mei 2018 19:44:57 CEST schreef David T.: > > On May 21, 2018, at 6:14 PM, Geert Janssens > > wrote:> > > Op maandag 21 mei 2018 13:08:05 CEST schreef Robert Fewell: > >> I have been looking at getting the middle mouse button to work for > >> pasting > >>

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection + V#3 Windows scroll bars.

2018-05-22 Thread Geert Janssens
or down frequently. I think that it is a GTK thing. If there is a > work-around, I would like to know about it. > > David C > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [GNC-dev] Register text selection > > > > >

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread D via gnucash-devel
Rather than change the message (which is still a good idea), I think we should in this case fix the messenger--in other words, stop highlighting off screen data elements and stop allowing users to change things they cannot see. David T. On May 22, 2018, at 5:39 AM, David Carlson

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection + V#3 Windows scroll bars.

2018-05-21 Thread David Carlson
, I would like to know about it. David C On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 7:36 PM, Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [GNC-dev] Register text selection > > > Geert Janssens > <mailto:gnucash-devel%40gnucash.org?Subject=Re:% > 20Re%3A%20%5BGNC-dev%5D%20Re > gis

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread David Carlson
A long time ago I filed a bug report < https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686051> about needing to have an easy way to navigate to those edited but not committed transactions that trigger the warnings when closing the file or clicking on Save. I vote to escalate that bug. David C On

[GNC-dev] Register text selection + V#3 Windows scroll bars.

2018-05-21 Thread Chris Good
[GNC-dev] Register text selection Geert Janssens <mailto:gnucash-devel%40gnucash.org?Subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5BGNC-dev%5D%20Re gister%20text%20selection=%3C1925551.T7MvD3KevP%40legolas.kobalt wit.lan%3E> geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be Mon May 21 09:14:29 EDT 2018 _ Op maandag

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread David T. via gnucash-devel
> On May 21, 2018, at 6:14 PM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > Op maandag 21 mei 2018 13:08:05 CEST schreef Robert Fewell: >> I have been looking at getting the middle mouse button to work for pasting >> selected text and whilst trying to do that started to wonder

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread Robert Fewell
Sorry I did not explain the third option very well, have a transaction between say "Checking Account" and "Cash in Wallet" with both registers open. Position the cursor on a transaction somewhere in the "Checking Account", go back to the "Cash in Wallet" and edit a transaction between the two and

Re: [GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread David Carlson
As a concerned user, not a developer, I would vote to drop all preselection. I think it is confusing to users who do not necessarily consider the differences between the various navigation methods as being significant. Further, in the cases where the curser is not visible in the register window,

[GNC-dev] Register text selection

2018-05-21 Thread Robert Fewell
I have been looking at getting the middle mouse button to work for pasting selected text and whilst trying to do that started to wonder about the existing preselected text. Currently... If you open a register, the blank transaction date text is preselected. If you start Gnucash with saved open