[moneydance] Does anyone else have a problem with this user interface behavior?

Anthony Bayer bogor at mac.com
Wed Apr 9 05:27:33 EDT 2008


It bugs me too.

  I think the third option would be great, with the window returning  
to where it was, and the cursor in the last field where something was  
completed.

Anthony

On 2008 Apr 09, at 12:00, Gordon Alley wrote:

> One of the most aggravating behaviors that MD has for me is the  
> following:
> I'm entering an investment transaction (it could be a transaction in  
> any
> account, I suppose). I've entered most of the data, and my mouse  
> pointer
> strays outside the transaction box when I click. Maybe I pulled up the
> category popup menu, and it collapsed just as I clicked, so I clicked
> outside the transaction box. When this happens, MD gives me only two
> options: save the (incomplete) transaction, or discard all the changes
> completely. Why can't there be a third option - to ignore the click  
> outside
> the box and keep the transaction open for editing, so I don't have  
> to start
> it over again? As a programmer myself, this seems like a simple and  
> obvious
> option. Am I missing something here? It would sure make the program  
> a lot
> friendlier for me.
>
> -Gordon
>
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