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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