Move the "delete" button to the left when deleting transactions, and make it a trash can icon

Dick_Davis

To help the user not make the mistake of "deleting" and not updating, suggest moving the delete to the left of the screen and then change to the trash can icon. This would be a form of user protection, removing user frustration of an accidental delete and make the user move the mouse pointer to the left and clicking the icon. This is not a programming change, might be a small set of code, but just a new improved and user-oriented screen change.

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Coach Natalie

@Dick_Davis, thanks for posting your suggestion to the Community!

Since it is not clear what you're referring to, this post has been turned into a Discussion for now. With that, are you referring to deleting transactions, or some other deleting action in Quicken Simplifi? Where does the user frustration come in, and how are accidental deletes occurring? What do you mean by "and then change to the trash can icon"?

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Jenny T

I am assuming @Dick_Davis is referring to the location of the "Delete" button when editing a transaction. Currently, the Delete & Update buttons are side by side. I believe the suggestion is to move the Delete button to the left-hand side.

For example, this is how the buttons look when editing multiple transactions.

I do think it would be helpful to have the button locations in the same location throughout the system and labeled the same way. With the Delete & Cancel buttons in the same place on different menus, it would be easy for a user to click Delete instead of Cancel either by habit or just by accidental clicks or incorrect clicks due to lag, etc. I do like the Delete separated from the other buttons for these reasons. However, I prefer the words spelled out if screen size allows the space rather than the trash can icon.

Coach Kristina

Hello @Jenny T,

Thank you for sharing your experience. To clarify, are you asking for consistency of the user interface, where the delete button should be to the left all the time, rather than only when editing multiple transactions?

Thank you!

UrsulaA

Hi everyone, I agree with having the delete button always on the left with a trash can icon.