My experience with KMyMoney 5.2.1 after one month

Hi KMyMoney Team,

I’ve been using KMyMoney 5.2.1 with the update to OpenSUSE Leap 16.0 in production since January 1st.
Until then, I only looked at this version sporadically on test systems, but hadn’t actually worked with it “properly.”
That has now changed.

First, the positives:
Apart from a few crashes (user error due to getting used to the new interface from 5.1.3?), it works (almost) exactly as I want.

The only real problem for me, as already mentioned, is the editor for split entries.
Up until version 5.1.3, I could enter data “blindly” using the Tab and Enter keys.
Zack, Zack, Zack… and the transaction was completed in seconds.
Well… with the new “system,” it feels like it takes me 5 minutes to make a single booking, and unfortunately, I’m still making a lot of mistakes (which might explain the crashes?).
I really have to correct almost every booking again.
But at my age, switching from a routine I’ve been used to for over 10 years is difficult.

Unfortunately, not much has changed with the reports either (except that I keep wanting to delete them – the button in the top right used to be “close,” now it’s “delete” – that takes some getting used to).
But features like a drill-down to view the relevant bookings are still missing.

Anyway… I’m working on getting to grips with it, and I’ve already gotten used to many functions, especially the tabbed account view, which was very quick to learn.

Other things, like the keywords (which never really worked properly in version 5.1.3), I’ll test gradually.

I also want to highlight the (now working again) “Ausgang” function. Getting this to work with the new banking requirements will certainly be no small feat.

Everything else will become clear during implementation.

Regards,
Udo

PS: Has anything changed regarding the SQLite database and the deletion of inactive recipients? https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511087

Have you tried to personalize the tab order of the split editor?

This feature was broken, but has been restaured in November 2025, see How can I edit the transaction split editor tab order?

The way to personalize the tab order is as

I think that’s only for the “normal” editor, not the split editor.
The “Alt+Meta-T” combination doesn’t work there at all.
They have different requirements, so it’s not applicable to the split editor.

Regards,
Udo

sorry, you’re right, that doesn’t work currently as said in November 2025 by Ipwizard:

Hi,

Well, the split editor definitely takes some getting used to.
But I’m managing with the field order.
I did have to disable the “Use Enter to move between fields” option, though.

I think I’m good to go now.
This option was extremely useful to me in version 5.1.x, but it’s now annoying because I need the Enter key to exit the split editor.

Regards,
Udo

Some more details on the behavior on the tab order modification in the split editor: it is not working when the focus is on one of the amount fields or the buttons. When any other widget carries the focus Alt+Meta+T does what it is supposed to do.