[kmymoney] [Bug 507964] increment/decrement issue with date field widget

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507964

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Sigh. I've been using kmymoney for almost 20 years. Updating from version 1 to
version 5.0 (about 3 years ago) was challenging due to a host of database
conversion issues. After these issues were sorted, the most productivity
sapping "feature" was that the data widget changed -- rather than bump the day,
the "-" and "=" keys bumped the day, month, or year depending on where in the
date the cursor was positioned.  Now with version 5.2, entering dates changes
again -- this time in an even more disruptive way for (I'm guessing) many users
(see bug report 506399 and this bug report).

To Jack's comment: Using the keypad may work for some, but most laptops do not
have a separate keypad, so the keypad workaround is not a good solution.
Characters "+" and "=" not being on the same key for some keyboard layouts is a
good point -- in this case, though, I contend that it is much less disruptive
to have an additional key ("=") increment the date, than to change the original
behavior for those of us with "=" and "+" characters on the same key.  Finally,
I suggested altering the date's arrow key behavior to restore the behavior lost
from 5.1.3 (see bug report 506399) albeit with the arrow keys rather than the
"-" and "+"/"=" keys. Not perfect, but a workable solution, I think.

Version 5.2.1 has lots of good changes and fixes -- let's make entering and
adjusting dates a simple as it once was.

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