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. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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. > 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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