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Another example of inadequate beta testing and premature release of an "upgraded" feature. It is increasingly apparent that the UI is designed and built by people with no first-hand experience in using their product.

I created a help ticket for this problem. It seems that their Auto-save feature is causing them problems, which is very frustrating because the auto- save feature is causing a lot of users problems too. Below is the reply I got:

Hi Ross

Thank you for giving access to your organisation.

We understand if the cursor starts with the contact name that would be convenient. In the new invoicing, the cursor doesn't start with the contact name because once you enter the contact name, the invoice will be automatically saved as a draft.

If the other information, such as description, price, quantity have been entered but the contact name hasn't been selected yet, in this case, if users cancel out this page or exit it, this invoice will not be recorded as a draft.

We can see this is a request that's already been raised with us and our Product Team is working on it according to the idea status. Our community manager has also commented in the post. Xero Product Ideas is a Xero website where our customers can share and support ideas for change.

Can you also correct the cursor position in the price box - it defaults to the end of the placeholder 0.00 figure so for example when you start typing $100 you end up with 0.00100 instead. Have to remember to correct the cursor position before entering every figure which is time consuming and ridiculous.

Why has this issue cropped up, and not been fixed?! Basic programming!!

The new system is very tedious in general, takes longer all around. Working on it all day is tiring compared to the old layout.

I hope this is fixed soon as I can be typing 'nowhere' only to realise I have to select the field manually, I much prefer when the Contact field is automatically selected when creating a new invoice!

New Invoicing change - I now have to click in Contact Field of every Invoice.

Has Xero made a change here?

When I create a new invoice, it used to automatically take me to the Contact field so that I can add the contact.

I now have to Click in the contact field for me to input a contact for the invoice...

This is messing with my muscle memory again...I thought Xero were trying for less clicks, not more clicks?

Am I going insane?

Thank you for the update and I can see the value of having a short cut pop up to the account contact info, perhaps as a suggestion to maintain the cohesiveness of the system it would be a god idea to maintain the hyperlink as a link back to the main contact page (like all the links work throughout the system) and add a small 'i' - info icon in the invoice template to access info as a pop up.

The company name used to be a hyperlink to take you back to the contact main page when you are viewing an invoice. Now it gives you a summary box of the company address - really dont see the value of this change. It has introduced yet another change to the flow of work that creates more clicks per action. You cant get out of the invoice unless you use the browser back button or Control-enter on the company name (twice) to open a new tab of the contact. Please restore the company name hyperlink to the company contact page. Its the first hyperlink in the whole system that does this type of action and just seems very strange