Re: Community Discussion: Rearrange Accounts in Separate Account Section

On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 12:03:50 -0400, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote:

>On 03/18/23 2:14 PM, John Pollard wrote:
>> On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 12:56:54?PM UTC-5, John Pollard wrote:
>>> Community Discussion: Rearrange Accounts in Separate Account Section
>>> Found at: https://community.quicken.com/discussion/7918056/rearrange-accounts-in-separate-account-section
>> 
>>> ... every account in the "Separate" section of the Quicken Account Bar can be rearranged (in relation to other accounts in the "Separate" section)
>>> just as if the account were not "Separate".
>>>
>>> To do that:
>>> - Go to the Account List
>>> - Select the account to be "rearranged"
>>> - Click the Up (or Down) arrow until the account has been moved to the desired position.
>> 
>> I forgot to mention that, since the ability to "rearrange" accounts was first introduced (long ago), an improved mechanism was added to Quicken.
>> 
>> To utilize that new method for rearranging accounts:
>> - Go to the Account List
>> - Click the Options button (lower left)
>> - Select "Rearrange accounts" in the resulting dropdown (*)
>> 
>> You can use drag and drop to "move" accounts in that dialog (with the same limitations as the older method). And you can rearrange the major Account Groups (such as "Banking" and "Investing") in the Account Bar - which will also rearrange those Account Groups within the "Separate" section of the Account Bar.
>> 
>> [ (*) You could also use "Alphabetize accounts" in the same Options dropdown to "rearrange accounts".]
>
>I remember when the rearrangement facility was added.  Very useful to be 
>able to alphabetically have your accounts named, but yet have the one or 
>two that you use the most at the top of each list.

Yes, but  as far as I know,  there's no way to move an account in a
category that's not in the top category  to the top of the whole list.
Am I right? I'd like to do that if there's a way.