(lazy) bug report/feature request: Trim tab characters in number fields

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Feature Request:

Before committing currency values into relevant fields (a journal entry in this case), trim whitespace characters (GIGO).

What I was doing:

  1. Creating a new account (OK)
  2. Copied balance of old account from Summary screen to clipboard (* this is important later)
  3. Make a new Journal Entry to move the entire balance of old account to new account:
    1. Set narration field (OK)
    2. Selected CR account (OK)
    3. Selected DR account (OK)
    4. Set DR/CR values (showed up visually OK)
    5. Journal entry “draft” balanced (no “out of balance” notice)
    6. Click “Create” (OK)

What happened:

The journal entry was created, but with no actual DR/CR of either account resulted.

What I troubleshot:

  • I tried editing the journal entry by adding the DR/CR values again and updating. No change.
  • I pasted the value of my clipboard (from step 2) into a text editor. A ‘tab’ whitespace char was clearly present.
  • I updated the journal entry and carefully copy/pasted the same value as before without the ‘tab’ char. Success.

Edit:

P.S. - my usual appreciation for the great software. This is one of very few bugs I’ve ever encountered. Great work!

P.P.S. - Manager Desktop 26.10.10.0 on Windows 11.