<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Thomas Baumgart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thb@net-bembel.de">thb@net-bembel.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br>
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on Wednesday 16 June 2010 05:07:27 Alvaro Soliverez wrote:<br>
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> ><br>
> > Ah, but because the securities are all one and the same, their names<br>
> > also will be the same. It is the parent investment account name that<br>
> > is the needed information.<br>
> ><br>
> > Just to be totally clear, I have the same security in three different<br>
> > investment accounts, one for each year of purchase (because the<br>
> > investment company separates dividend payments by year (their account is<br>
> > per year). Each security has the same name because they are identical,<br>
> > but the investment account names differ. When I edit an entry<br>
> > in the prices list, the only way to be sure it's the correct entry is to<br>
> > have its parent account name visible.<br>
><br>
> It is already complicated to get the corresponding account, and you need<br>
> the parent account?<br>
> Can't you temporarily change the name of the account, match by that and<br>
> then change it back? :/<br>
><br>
> I've been thinking about this issue, and I'd agree with adding a "Stock<br>
> name" column for the case when a price is related to an invesment. Besides<br>
> this very specific case, I don't see the point to add the parent name. Of<br>
> course, there must be cases I probably haven't thought about, but let's try<br>
> to keep the columns to a minimum.<br>
<br>
</div></div>Just an idea that came through my mind and which I want to share here: how<br>
about a tooltip to show this kind of information in said dialog?<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote></div><br>Tooltips are not really practical for showing that much information for so many items. I don't think it would be very usable, at least for this case.<br>