New invoicing - Change the colour of the 3 dot menu button
The latest glitch is that while using the edit function, something triggers the new invoicing to think that an amount has been added to a quantity or price box in one of the lines, presumably one that is being used as just a text line, and there is no way of knowing which box has been triggered so that you might know what you need to clear as nothing is flagged by the software. This also highlights that you don't have a cancel button making it harder to discard all those edits you have wasted entering making it harder to start over...
This is compounded by the fact you're clicking the update button in the top right-hand corner, and the error message appears in the bottom left-hand corner briefly, all well & good if you're using a tablet or phone but not good if you're using a full-screen desktop monitor as it doesn't show in the same eye line so would be best if the error message appeared under the update button.
While I'm making this new complaint I might also complain about the fact that the 3 dot button to access the edit button could be using the blue colour for the 3 dots to make it easier to spot as the pale grey doesn't show up against the larger blue payment or update & drop-down menu buttons before it. Why not 3 white dots on a blue background?
My gut feeling is you're prioritising the interface to work with touchscreens rather than conventional desktop computers but don't have the nerve to tell us and you are now feeling the anger of all the bookkeepers & accountants who have a different need from the software to the one-man band that just wants to raise the invoice when job is done etc.
Paul Rosser
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Hi Paul, appreciate your feedback on the new invoicing experience. We're continuing to develop this for all customers so your inputs are valuable.
With your first point around the description only line - my recent update on the related idea here may explain the behaviour you're noticing. If you're selecting a saved item to enter description only lines there is a change to how this works between the old and new version and it's not possible to use items as description only atm. We're monitoring this so please do add your vote to the idea there is you feel this applies to your situation.
It's best for us to keep one idea per thread so I'll adjust the title of your post here to match your second point on the colouring of the menu button and we can get a gauge of the interest around this too.