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Numeric input as confirmation of account suggestion #76
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I also do this from time to time, so there certainly is a bit of a UX problem. However, I'm not entirely sold on the suggested workaround. I think the the current UI in general isn't great at communicating the current state of your q&a session. For example, I also sometimes try to type a description into the date prompt or an account name into the description field. In general, you either have to have perfect muscle memory or interpret a few spread-out clues and read text to know where you are. A better way of presenting the current state, e.g in a WYSIWYG fashion like an HTML form or similar, would probably(hopefully) go along way to eliminate these sort of errors. However, that's of course a lot of work and might create new problems. |
I still haven't got rid of this intuition after a year+ of using
hledger-iadd
so it might be worth considering.Currently it's required to enter both the account and the amount as 2 separate steps.
I keep doing the following thing while entering a transaction:
Then I have the amount suggested as a new account and have to back up and enter the data properly.
Would it make sense to interpret input that stars with a digit on an account question as "yes, I like the suggested account name, here's the amount"? Note: if yes - a flag might be a good idea since it's perfectly possible for someone to have accounts that begin with a number
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