Select Type is now static to avoid unnecessary errors.

1).  Makes better sense from a UI perspective.

css/transactions.css

@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ td > label:not(.payment_type):not(.open_shop):not(.gnucash_csv) {
 	padding-right: 5px;
 }
 
+/* bold transaction type */
+#trans_type_info {
+	font-weight: bolder;
+}
+
 /* make unimportant buttons into links */
 input[value=Delete], input[name=date_fill] {
 	background:none!important;

js/transaction.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* jQuery fun with transactions - Jonathan Rosenbaum */
+/* jQuery fun with transactions - Jonathan Rosenbaum <gnuser@gmail.com> */
 
 // currently some css is just hardwired, but that reflects the coding style of YBDB :)
 
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ $(function() {
 	$.ajaxSetup({async:false}); // best to do this in $.ajax, 
 										 // but all ajax needs to be synchronous in this program because of the use of mysql
 
-	$("select[name='transaction_type']").attr("tabindex",1);
-	$("select[name='transaction_type']").focus();
+	$("#transaction_type").attr("tabindex",1);
+	$("#transaction_type").focus();
 	$("input[value='Create Transaction']").attr("tabindex",2);
 	$("#trans_date").mask("0000-00-00", {placeholder: "yyyy-mm-dd" });
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ $(function() {
 			 	percentage_amounts = percentage_amounts + percentage;
 			}
 
-			// watch that percentage don't aquire too many decimal points.
+			// watch that percentage doesn't acquire too many decimal points.
 			//console.dir(range_obj);			
 			
 		});
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ $(function() {
 	
 		// make tabbing more predictable
 		$("input[name='shop_id']").attr("tabindex",1);
-		$("select[name='transaction_type']").attr("tabindex",2);
+		// $("#transaction_type").attr("tabindex",2);
 		$("input[name='date_startstorage']").attr("tabindex",3);
 		$("input[name='date']").attr("tabindex",4);		
 		$("input[name='quantity']").attr("tabindex",5);
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ $(function() {
 			}
 			
 			// description error		
-			if ( $("[name='transaction_type']").val() != "Deposit" ) {	// Deposit description is implicit
+			if ( $("#transaction_type").val() != "Deposit" ) {	// Deposit description is implicit
 				err5 = error_handler(description.val(), description_error, "","*Required: a detailed description",e);
 			}
 			

transaction_log.php

@@ -401,8 +401,14 @@ if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "ChangeDate")) {
                 <td><input name="shop_id" type="text" id="shop_id" value="<?php echo $row_Recordset2['shop_id']; ?>" size="6" /></td>
 		  	  </tr>
                 <?php ?>
-                <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><label>Select Type:</label></td>
-		  	    <td><?php list_transaction_types('transaction_type',$row_Recordset2['transaction_type'] ); ?></td>
+                <tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><label for="trans_type_info">Transaction Type:</label></td>
+		  	    <td><?php echo "<span id='trans_type_info'>" . $row_Recordset2['transaction_type'] . "</span>";
+		  	    			  echo "<input type='hidden' id='transaction_type' name='transaction_type' value='" . 
+		  	    			  			$row_Recordset2['transaction_type'] . "'>";
+		  	    
+		  	    			//list_transaction_types('transaction_type',$row_Recordset2['transaction_type'] ); 
+		  	    
+		  	    ?></td>
 		  	  </tr>
                 <?php //date_startstorage ==============================================================
 			if($row_Recordset3['show_startdate']){?>