That would be a rather unconventional way to trigger a dialog box. I doubt that 
many users would like it.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Jul 15, 2020, at 4:33 AM, fleur <fl...@obscure.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
>>>>>>> 
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