In 8.2.1, Tags are (again) always visible in splits. Boo!

jacobs

For those users who use Tags little or not at all, there should be an option to have Tags not visible in the splits window, as it briefly existed in version 8.2.0.

In version 8.2.0, the splits window didn't not show the Tags field if the register was not set to display the Tags column. Some users objected, so in 8.2.1, the developers reversed course and again made the Tags field always present in splits, whether or not a user uses Tags.

I don't really understand why users would use Tags in splits but NOT in non-split transactions, but I accept that there must be use cases for this. And so I understand why the developers reverted to a solution for users who want Tags visible in splits but not in the register.

But I wish the solution implemented worked for ALL users, instead of just those users with the above use case. I'm a user who rarely uses splits, and when I do, it's only in one or two accounts. So I like and prefer NOT to have the Tag field visible in the splits window, where I have always found it annoying to have to Tab past the Tags column, 100% of the time. So I want a solution — a preference/setting — to display Tags in split window only if the Tags column is visible in a register. The code for this already exists, because that's the way it functioned in 8.2.0; all that's needed is to give users the choice.

I have created a new Idea thread asking the developers to add a setting so users can have it whichever way they want it. If you're not a Tags user, please add your vote by clicking View Post below…

https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7962885/add-a-preference-for-hiding-tags-in-split-window-when-tags-column-is-hidden