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

[Jack]

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

Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> ---
As far as I can tell, this is all by design. I also think it has been discussed
in the past, but I can't find any references at the moment.  
First, it is not reasonable to use absolute values for these charts, since any
account can be above or below zero.  An asset account can be over-drawn, and a
liability account can be over-paid.  What would the chart look like for an
over-paid liability of over-drawn asset?

I think what you could be asking for is that liability accounts show the amount
owed as positive instead of negative,  but I think you will find as many people
who want it the way it is.  You can think of your net worth as your assets less
liabilities (thinking of both as positive amounts, as you request) or you can
think of net worth as the sum of positive assets plus negative liabilities.  I
can't make any definitive statement, but I don't think this change is likely to
happen.  However, I think it could be reasonable to change this into a wishlist
to add a toggle to the configuration that asks the balance charts of liability
accounts to be shown "upside down."  (This could conceivably be done with or
without actually flipping the sign of the values.)

In any case, I'll look through the handbook and see if I can improve the
discussion to make this issue more obvious.  We can also think about adding a
tool or note to balance charts for liability accounts pointing out that the
liability, or amount you owe, is shown as a negative number.

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