My favorite feature: alt + mouse over
I've been using MD for a while now but just discovered a really nice feature:
When viewing the register of an account, if I hold the ALT key down and mouse-over a transaction, it shows me some details of that transaction, including details of any splits. Before that, I was double-clicking the transaction, then doing control-L to see the splits, but ALT + mouseover is a lot simpler!
I just wanted to mention that in case it helps anyone else.
(I'm on linux, not sure if ALT works on all platforms, or maybe they use a different key).
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1 Posted by derekJAB on 10 Feb, 2010 06:09 PM
Nice tip. Thanks.
Works on Mac OS 10.6.2 (Snow Leopard) as well
2 Posted by -Kevin N. on 10 Feb, 2010 08:11 PM
Works in Win Vista SP2. I hope I can remember this one. Thanks Joe.
3 Posted by TwinTraveller on 18 Feb, 2010 08:02 PM
Super! Works on Win 7 x64 as well.
Thanks Joe
4 Posted by karatedog on 03 Mar, 2010 03:17 PM
That feature backfires a little. I imported a QFX format file from my bank (it is rare in my country), which has thrown a lot of info - with garbled character - into every transaction. The problem is that I cannot edit these data, they just pop up if I press Alt and hover the mouse over a transaction. I can show these data with "Show Transaction details"
How can I invoke that Split editor from menu? (without Ctrl+L (which is a Calculator when not in edit mode)
5 Posted by Angie Rauscher on 03 Mar, 2010 03:52 PM
Karatedog- to edit any transaction, you should just be able to double click on it and edit any field. To edit a split without using Ctrl+L: When a transaction is in edit Mode click on the category field. At the top of the menu which appears will be a split button. Click on this button to edit the splits within that transactions.
If you're having trouble with imported transactions, it may also be useful to update to the latest preview version of Moneydance. If you are not using the most recent version (2010r2 build 743), please update to that version. You can download the update here. Please let me know if your issue persists and we will look into other solutions.
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance, and thank you for your interest in Moneydance.
Angie Rauscher
Moneydance Support
6 Posted by karatedog on 03 Mar, 2010 05:05 PM
Thanks, I updated to build 743, but the problem persists. When I press Alt, some of the entries contain 3 lines. For a specific entry the Transaction Detail has 6 TAG elements, where I clearly recognize that garbled data.
If I could edit the data in the Transaction Detail window, the problem surely be gone (I know it is not a good idea, as I could fubar the entry)
another suggestion: you should really enable clipboard Copy in the Transaction Detail window :-)
7 Posted by karatedog on 03 Mar, 2010 05:06 PM
That last statement was not true. Copy/Paste is working now, I must have mistyped something.
8 Posted by karatedog on 03 Mar, 2010 05:20 PM
Uhh-ohh, why I'm I posting under 2 different names? I just now changed my profile name to "karatedog", but I see previous posts with foldes...
Angie Rauscher closed this discussion on 24 Jul, 2011 07:35 PM.