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Add Option to Stay in Edit Mode or Hit Return To Open New Transaction in QMac (46 Legacy Votes)

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It would be helpful to be able to stay in edit mode when you were finished updating the transaction, so when you hit the return/enter key it either goes to the next existing transaction line or opens a new line. This would enable being able to edit or enter one entry after another faster.
Currently, the only work-around is to press CMD-N to save existing transaction and open a new blank entry.
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It would be helpful to be able to stay in edit mode when you were finished updating the transaction, so when you hit the return/enter key it either goes to the next existing transaction line or opens a new line. This would enable being able to edit or enter one entry after another faster.
Currently, the only work-around is to press CMD-N to save existing transaction and open a new blank entry.
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It would be very helpful to keep the transaction window open when you have more than one transaction to enter. Reinstate the "Save and New" button or the new window when pressing Enter.
I just updated to Mac 2018. I hate that I have to use the mouse to add a "new" transaction when I manually add. On the windows version, when finished with a transaction, hitting enter would automatically bring up a new transaction line. it really slows me down when entering data.
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In legacy versions of Quicken Mac, it worked differently: there was always a blank transaction waiting to be filled in. According to the Quicken developers, that caused confusion for users and complicated some aspects of the programming, so this next-generation Quicken doesn't create blank transactions at all; only users initiate a new transaction.
I suppose it would be possible to program Quicken auto-delete a transaction that's been created but not filled in. Just envisioning it, though, it might be confusing to users to watch: a new transaction appears, the user presses return (intentionally or by mistake), and the transaction line vanishes before their eyes.
If you feel it would be easier to use if Quicken deleted a saved blank transaction, you could create a new question at the top of the screen and select that it's an IDEA, which would let other users here vote in support of it if they agree. The developers look at idea topics and votes as they consider changes and enhancements to the program.
Well there's 2 situations.
1. You exit with the Esc key
2. You Exit with RET key
With former it's completely obvious there should not be a record created. After you hit esc there should be nothing left.
With the latter, the blank transaction could have been created intentionally even tho it's just as easy to start a new one as to return to a blank one, so I grant you that.
In modern Quicken Mac, I'd say just don't hit Esc to exit transactions. And f you find you've created a new transaction you don't want, just press Command-Z as a one-keystroke way to undo it.
(I'm not trying to justify why they built it the way they did; just offer practical ways to accomplish what you want.)
THIS is the LAST year I stick with IDIOCY. Go with common sense or lose me.
Not saying was the right decision but that is their justification. If there is enough of a meaningful voice to add this, Quicken may change and include this.
(BTW, this is just FYI, so don't shoot the messenger.)
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Why should ANTONE have to hit NEW every single time they want to enter a transaction? That is a waste of time for busy people who only enter things monthly.
I ave asked for this since Quicken split from Intuit a two or threes ago. If I don't see it by the end of the 2018, I am going to a program that does. This shouldn't be THAT difficult to write an update code for!
How the heck can ANYONE mistake an blank transaction? Doesn't a check registere have a bunch of black spaces after your last entry?
If that's the common sense of today's world...shoot me now.
Yes, we could argue the semantics of whether pressing two keys simultaneously is actually one keystroke or not. As I said, I'm not here to argue against the Return key working the way it used to; what I am saying is that if you're willing to re-wire your brain to press Command-N instead of Return, it takes no more time or effort than it used to.
You said above that it was "a waste of time... to hit New every single time they want to enter a transaction," and I'm noting that it actually takes no more time. When I have a stack of transactions to enter, as you apparently do, I want a single action to both save the transaction I'm in and create a new blank transaction -- and Command-N accomplishes that.
Many users (including me) have switched to having their registers in descending date order, with new transactions at the top. New-at-the-top is like a lot of computer lists (like files in a Finder window) or new email in Mac Mail, and less like a checkbook metaphor. It took me a little while to adjust, but I now prefer my registers this way. According to the Quicken folks, having an ever-present blank transaction at the top apparently mades the programming for reports and searches more complex. I'm sure they could find a way to make it work; it's just a question of whether it's worth the time and effort to do so, when there are many other feature requests in line for the developers to do. We all use Quicken differently, so what's unimportant to me may be important to you, and visa versa. My point here is only that it's not that the developers are brain-dead, it's that they are constantly prioritizing what's most important to fix or enhance. You might disagree, but for me, using command-N instead of return is an acceptable alternative once I got used to it. If you haven't tried it, my suggestion is to give it a try for awhile -- without cursing that it's different
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http://osxdaily.com/2017/08/08/create-custom-keyboard-shortcut-mac/
The macOS does not daisy-chain key sequences (unless you use the built-in accessibility features or a third party utility).
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