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Ability to Arrow Down in Transaction Splits Instead of Tabs

Bluekey Marina

No idea if this is possible with the apparent Windows-based architecture, but in QM2007 we used to be able to simply arrow down to items in splits, making copy & paste much easier.

Having to tab tab tab tab tab to paste again and again is cumbersome.

Just a thought!

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Chris_QPW

[Removed - Windows Functionality]

jacobs

@Chris_QPW This is an Idea submission for Quicken Mac; I think your response is for Quicken Windows.

@Bluekey Marina In Quicken Mac, down arrow with a text field jumps your cursor to the end of the text in the field, and up arrow takes you to the beginning of the text in the field. So I'm not sure changing the existing use of those keys would fly, but maybe something different like Command-down arrow or Option-down arrow might be possible.

But I'm curious where this would really be useful. When I'm entering splits, I rarely need to go from one split category field to the next split category field; instead, I'm entering the category, possibly a memo, and an amount on one split line before going on to the next split line.

Quicken Jasmine

[Removed - Windows Functionality]

volvogirl

And do you have a lot of split lines on a transaction? There may be a better way to enter the transaction. What kind of transaction?

jacobs

And do you have a lot of split lines on a transaction? There may be a better way to enter the transaction. What kind of transaction?

@volvogirl I knew where you were heading with this, but it's apparently not your favorite topic of credit card transactions. 😀 The poster included a screenshot of a split transaction in this other post, so you can see what they're trying to deal with tracking business expenses:

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20468025#Comment_20468025

Since they are a Business & Personal subscriber, there may still be better ways of tracking things going forward, which I suggested in that thread.

Chris_QPW

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20468028#Comment_20468028

It was these words that confused me about the idea “Windows-based architecture”. I certainly don’t consider a Mac a Windows based architecture.

jacobs

I agree, @Chris_QPW; the modern Quicken Mac is far from a "Windows-based architecture"… or a Windows-like User Interface.

@Bluekey Marina While modern Quicken Mac certainly looks different from the 1990s-era design of the legacy Quicken Mac 2007, it's only a close cousin to Quicken Windows, and does many things its own way. When the developers set out to build a next-generation Quicken Mac, they did not choose to port or mimic Quicken Windows because they felt Mac users wanted applications that looked and worked like a Mac. While we're still missing some features that are in Quicken Windows, I feel fortunate that we have a much cleaner, more modern looking program than Quicken Windows. And the underlying architecture of Quicken Mac is built on a modern database which has proven over a decade to be rock-solid reliable, far more so than either the old Quicken Mac 2007 or Quicken Windows.

But if you're recently switched from the old Quicken 2007, then things are undoubtedly jarringly different in many places, and it absolutely takes a while for your brain and fingers to adapt to the new look and feel. I recently had reason to open Quicken 2007 on an old Mac, and it was shocking to me how "old" it looked to me, and I was reminded of a few things that were annoyances in the old program which I happily haven't thought about in years. I can't say you'll love modern Quicken Mac, I can only say to give yourself time to really settle in with it; whether you love it or not, it will certainly feel more natural the longer you use it.