The default setting is not a bug but a feature, however if you do not understand how this feature works than you could view it as a bug because you just don't know any better.
There is no "check here to set this account as your default", no, it is a simple matter of having the account in #1 spot. Why bloat the code if you can accomplish the same thing with simple logic. And if you need a reminder to choose the proper account, you follow Richard's solution and setup a reminder account which comes up in #1 spot. Dieter Simader http://www.sql-ledger.org (780) 472-8161 DWS Systems Inc. Accounting Software Fax: 478-5281 =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever =========== On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 04:29:12PM -0400, Chris Beggy wrote: > > On 16 Aug 2002, "Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 03:44:11PM +0100, Richard Lyons wrote: > > > > I don't know about everyone else, but about half the time I spend on > > > > bookkeeping is taken up chasing things I posted wrongly. My most common > > > > error is caused by haste - leaving a drop-down box with its default contents. > > > > > > If the UI allows common errors like this, then its a UI bug. > > > > I don't think I agree that this is a UI bug. > > What else would you call it? It is part of the UI that doesn't work the > way it is intended to, and it causes errors. > > The point of having default data pre-entered into a field or drop-down is > to make less work for the user. If it makes more work, then it is a bug. > > Not a coding bug, but still a bug. > > > What behavior would you propose? How would you implement it, or > > what's an example of a good implementation? > > I'd say the easiest way to fix it would be to simply remove the default > contents from the drop-down, and not let the user save the record unless > they enter something into it. > > If you wanted to be more sophisticated, you could remember what they used > last, and give that as the default. Note that "more sophisticated" is not > necessarily better. > > Or you could let the user define a default setting. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
