Direction of Dashboard Display of Upcoming Transactions

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Daddy Peacebucks
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Direction of Dashboard Display of Upcoming Transactions

Post by Daddy Peacebucks »

In the Upcoming Transactions Summary on the Dashboard, when I withdraw money from an account to pay a bill it is displayed like this:
Bank Account A -> Cable Company
Since I read from left to right, this makes sense.

However, when I transfer money between to accounts, it's backwards. For example transferring funds from Bank Account A into Bank Account B is displayed as:
Bank Account B <- Bank Account A

And if I transfer in the other direction (from B to A), it's displayed as:
Bank Account A <- Bank Account B

While the arrows are correctly pointing towards the destination, displaying them from right to left seems counterintuitive. In other words:
  • When paying a bill, it goes FROM Bank Account (on the left) TO Vendor (on the right), but
  • When transferring funds it goes FROM Account A (on the right) TO Account B (on the left)
Is there a logical reason why transfers are displayed in the opposite direction than payments? If not, could you change it?
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Re: Direction of Dashboard Display of Upcoming Transactions

Post by whall3y »

It's likely done that way as it displays Account and Payee in that order, as noted in the header.

For withdrawal:
Account -> Payee

For Deposit
Account <- Payee

For Transfer
Account <- Payee Account

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