[kmymoney] [Bug 486876] New: Show balance button on Ledger view is negative

[jesse]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=486876

            Bug ID: 486876
           Summary: Show balance button on Ledger view is negative
    Classification: Applications
           Product: kmymoney
           Version: 5.1.3
          Platform: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: kmymoney-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: jvapr27 at yahoo.com
  Target Milestone: ---

SUMMARY
When you press the show balance chart on the ledger view, it shows negative
values. It could be that this is intended to work this way but I am reporting
it as it was not intuitive to me why it the value was negative and why the
chart showed negative values. 

I believe that the it would be more intuitive if the chart shows absolute
values to remove any negatives. 

If the account is a liability
- a negative value would mean that the account is overpaid
- a positive value is the amount that owed on the liability 

If the account is an asset
- a negative value would mean that the account is over drafted. 
- a positive value means the account has a positive balance, there is money
available. 

This however, may only be the way I think about it. 

It can also make sense the way it is now, but it may help to put tool tip to
help explain that the negative value on the liability is simply what is owed,
not that the account has been overpaid.  


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open Mymoney file 
2. Go to ledger for a liability account
3. Click on the show balance chart

OBSERVED RESULT
If the account has a balance (if liability, you still owe it), then you will
see the chart dip into the negative. 
If the account has been over paid, it will be positive. 

EXPECTED RESULT
If the account has a balance, it should be positive. 
If the account has been over paid, it should be negative, 
- essentially reverse the signs when it is a liability vs an asset account. 


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