May have inadvertently changed a setting and would like to change it back; displaying subcategories

Dorothy H

While working in Quicken, I may have inadvertently changed a setting, but not sure which one. As the cursor moves through the transaction register, it appears to behave differently. The change is subtle and make me wonder if I am remembering correctly. Here is what I've noticed:

While scrolling through the register entries, the highlighted line stays highlighted until I click on another entry. I thought the highlighted line usually moved as I scrolled.

Is the highlighted transaction as the cursor moves through the register a setting that can be customized or is it fixed?

Second question unrelated to the above....for categories that have multiple subcategories. To reveal the multiple subcategories, I hover the cursor over the category and the full category and sub-categories will display. Sometimes I easily hit the "sweet spot" to get it to display; other times I move the cursor in tiny, incremental steps to find the spot in which the category and subcategories display. Is there a specific spot to place the cursor to get the full category/subcategory display?

John_in_NC

Dorothy H said:

While scrolling through the register entries, the highlighted line stays highlighted until I click on another entry. I thought the highlighted line usually moved as I scrolled.

Is the highlighted transaction as the cursor moves through the register a setting that can be customized or is it fixed?

This is normal behavior, and not a setting that you can change. You have to select the transaction you wish to edit. The highlight does not change with scrolling.

Dorothy H said:

Second question unrelated to the above....for categories that have multiple subcategories. To reveal the multiple subcategories, I hover the cursor over the category and the full category and sub-categories will display. Sometimes I easily hit the "sweet spot" to get it to display; other times I move the cursor in tiny, incremental steps to find the spot in which the category and subcategories display. Is there a specific spot to place the cursor to get the full category/subcategory display?

Usually, you simply hover over the category field and pause, and the full Parent:Sub will display as a popup.That said, there is a preference in Preferences (in the latest version of 2020 under the Register button) to always show the Long name so you don't have to do this: