keep report open/active

Question

I need to review and tweak two dozen entries over a couple of years across more than one account. The simplest way to do this is to create a simple report, drill down, and click on the transactions to edit. But every time I do that, I need to re-open the report AND scroll to the place I left off before I can get to do the work I want to do. Doesn't sound like much but it gets tedious pretty quickly. Right now this looks like quite a dis-improvement over (much?) earlier versions. Why would one close the report by default?

I've learned to add the report and the drill-down report to the toolbar and that helps. But I've got two screens, plenty of space. How can I keep the report visible and static while I navigate from report to register and back again 24 times (saving unnec. clicks and scrolling)? PREFERABLY using the keyboard rather than the mouse?
Thanks.

UKR · Accepted Answer

I guess, the answer is:
You can't. Every time you change a (any) transaction, the active report refreshes to represent the actual status after the change.Is there a way that you can customize your report selection so that it only shows the transactions you need to change, preferably on the first page of the report? That ought to reduce the amount of scrolling needed.
Have you considered using "Edit / Find/Replace" or "Recategorize" to select what you need to change and then change all transactions in one event?
Instead of using a report, have you tried "Global Search" or "Register Search" to filter a register view to show only the needed transactions so that you can change them from that view?

GeoffG · Accepted Answer

Agree this is not helpful behavior, but just to clarify, the report does not close. It minimizes to the bottom of the screen.

Jeanne · Accepted Answer

GeoffG,

Boy, am I embarrassed. I just this minute noticed the minimized reports. And yes, the cursor is where I left it in all nine copies of the same report. Raced back here to see if I could keep the egg from hitting my face. Too late.

I do find it unhelpful, but part of that is still trying to transition from an older version. And I can't say how much consternation arises from each problem.

Thanks.
PS: Didn't mean to give myself "accepted answer" but both you and UKR deserve it.