register pop-up calculator could be more useful if keystroke aware

wiensken

I'll preface this with "maybe I'm missing something". When entering a transaction amount into a register I often need to calculate a value. For a simple example, I'm about to enter the amount of a deposit and the value I want to enter is 123.45* 67.89 (i.e. 8,381.02)

Because the calculator doesn't work the way I expect (and I can't find much documentation on it at all) - I always end up using an external calculator (or asking Alexa). I enter hundreds of transactions into Quicken daily so efficiency is a big thing for me - I should be able to do almost everything via the keyboard.

Here's the issue: When entering a transaction into quicken - you are using the keyboard (not your mouse). In my example, when I am in the field to enter the deposit amount - I would like to be able to enter the following:

"=" - should bring the calculator up
"123.45*67.89" - calculation gets entered into calculator
"enter" = calculated result gets put into field and calculator closes

There is no need to ever touch the mouse - ever.

Of course none of this happens currently. The above keystroke sequence results in "0" entered in the amount field.

If anyone knows of a simple keystroke sequence that will work - I'd really appreciate knowing about it - but I can't find it anywhere in the quicken documentation. As it currently stands (or at least as my knowledge of it currently stands) - I never use the built in calculator. If not, this would be a nice enhancement to the product.

UKR

That's exactly how the calculator works, except you don't need to first click or "=" to bring up the calculator.
As soon as you type a +, -, / or * the calculator pops up. Continue typing your formula. If you have a numeric keypad on your keyboard and NumLock turned on, the numeric keypad works best. When done press Enter to exit the calculator and show the results in the amount field.

wiensken

Thanks! I had tried a variety of ways to make this work, and searched for documentation - never trying this obvious and simple approach!