New Invoicing - Reduce the amount of empty space on screen
Have less white space on new invoicing as it fills screen. The notes section which is in contacts 4000 chars make visable and editable on the new invoice page so we can see it whilst creating and invoice. We dont then have to keep jumping from one page to the next.
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Thanks to everyone that participated in and shared back on the team’s research in the new invoicing layout. Taking your feedback on board our teams have made some improvements to the layout of new invoicing, including changes to the layout of fields and buttons.
By rearranging and condensing space between fields, you’ll find there is less white space than previously shown, making it easier to navigate and tab through fields when entering your invoices.
We’re actively looking into changes within the invoicing grid that’ll go further to condensing information on the screen and reducing actions when entering your invoices. We’ll update as there is more information to share on this.
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Mandy Sullivan commented
I really need to be able to see Tracking field
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Mandy Sullivan commented
I really need to be able to see the tracking column on invoices
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Gary Young commented
The new version still truncates leading/trailing carriage returns/spaces on line item descriptions.
WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS?
To layout an invoice that shows detailed descriptions for each item on the invoice the lines need to be formatted. You have made an assumption that these characters are not relevant.
You should NEVER change what was actually entered.
Please change this so that the new invoice format can be used. -
Melissa Fowler commented
Looking at new invoicing makes my eyes hurt! So much white space that is very ******* the eyes. Obviously bookkeepers don't spend hours staring at this screen *sarcasm*. I also hate having to scroll right to view all fields, such a horrible 'improvement' to classic invoicing.
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Cathy Purcell commented
I hate looking at it!!! Won't use it until the last minute!!
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Jane Phillips commented
Agree
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Rob Pennoyer commented
This is a lot of what makes the new invoicing look like a child's toy.
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darren garner commented
I’ve been using xero for approximately 8 years now and I use my phone (iPhone) to create invoices when visiting customer premises and found it to be user friendly and fast to create and edit invoices. I’ve just switched to the new version and I can tell you now if this is the only option I’ll have to use I will be leaving immediately to another provider. This new system is taking me 3 times as long and I’m having to move my phone from landscape to portrait to locate items and it is a massive step backwards in progress. I have to question has anyone of your designers tried to use this software on a phone as I’d find that hard to believe. It’s very frustrating and having to hit items multiple times to add them to the invoice. Very very unhappy at this decision. Come on guys we can do much better than this.
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Sarah Jacobs commented
And why when editing an invoice in new invoicing are the line item fonts SO LARGE - they are larger than the header fonts (ie to, due date,invoice number etc) - why can't the line item fonts be the same size as the header fonts?
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Sarah Jacobs commented
I have a tab especially for the new invoicing screen opened in Chrome so I can zoom to 80% (but then have to squint to see the tracking info), whilst using the rest of Xero in Edge so I 'only' have to zoom to 90% in order to fit as much data on the screen as possible - this solution is so un-user-friendly
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Sarah Jacobs commented
You need to do something about the white space or the font size, because if I zoom to 80% to reduce the scrolling, then I can't read the
'Account: x Tax rate: x and tracking codes as you have tagged these on to the line as an after-thought in a TINY FONT. Also, I thought you were going to revert back to a tabular format where all the information for one row was on the SAME row! IT's so much harder to read a sent invoice without clicking twice to edit it and no one wants to go to edit a sent invoice just to view it. -
Sarah Jacobs commented
Agreed - Like everyone else, I am having issues with the new invoice format. I use both a laptop for work and a 27 inch monitor and the new version of invoices does not fit on either screens. It means that I have to scroll down loads more than with classic invoicing. Please make new invoicing more efficient by reducing the white space.
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Kristy Davies commented
Sorry - Like everyone else, I am having issues with the new invoice format. I have tried searching through these forums for answers or help but it seems that everyone is complaining about the same thing and I can't find the answer. I use a laptop for work and the new version of invoices does not fit on my screen. It means that I have to scroll to see all of the columns and also scroll if I need to add more than one item to an invoice. With the classic version, I could add multiple items. It is like the font and columns are too large in the new format. I also find that i have to click through items when tabbing that didn't require a click before including:
Online payment, currency, tax and Add contacts last items. All of these you didn't have to tab through before. Can we turn them "off" on new invoice format? Please see screen shots to show you how the new invoice doesn't fit on my screen. Please keep Classic Invoicing. Learn from other companies... like Coca Cola. No one liked the new flavour and they ended up having to make Classic Coke again. -
Shannon McMonigal commented
I note you've made some changes already, but there is still way too much white space, I find myself having to scroll after only entering a few products. Especially annoying with the buttons at the top of the invoice too!
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De-Anne Sills commented
Please either keep the old invoicing view or create a condensed version of the new invoice.
The new invoice has too many spaces and you can't view the whole invoice on the screen. This causes unnecessary scrolling to see the total invoice, which is needed all the time and it's very annoying.
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Oskar Weigl commented
There is also too much whitespace on the "finished" invoice page. It makes it hard to track the eye across and get an overview.
The account is pretty important and is relegated to some smaller info row, while there is so much wasted space. -
Jean Marc Zanni commented
Fourth time I try to switch to New Invoicing... Still No copy to Purchase order a key feature for me... But this is not the topic.
I notice some change on the page layout But not in the direction I expected.. We asked for less white space. I get a scroll bar instead... Until My page is used to it full width Would I expect a Scroll bar.
Since apparently this is still work in progress, I am holding my breath... Please surprise me... -
Annie Thorne commented
Echoing @Raewnyn Dawson's comment about the item drop down - the current view is terrible and adds extra time and faff to the process. Another crackers "improvement" that I can't get my head around.
Who tested this? Who approved it?
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Raewyn Dawson commented
Is the white space going to be reduced in the Item drop down menu as well.
I used to be able to put my code 013 in and get 9 of the relevant items before I needed to scroll, Now I can only fit 4 items as it now uses 3 lines and a space line for each item, old invoicing they were all on one line.What I liked about the old item list when creating a invoice was that it was fast and I could find what I wanted quickly.
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Nadine Hyslop commented
Is this going to include the loading time too? The classic invoicing you can quickly tab between the columns, although new invoicing you have to wait for it to load and select before changing to next tab. All adds time and causes mistakes/incorrect account charging.