Bug 101456 - 'Find' dialog cumbersome for Business functions

[Derek Atkins]

I'll try.  I've been really busy recently.

-derek

Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com> writes:

> I don't use the business features.  Derek, do you have the time to look at this and commit it?  If not, I can do some basic sanity checking and then commit it.
>
> Phil
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> ________________________________
> From: Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be>
> To: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:56:27 AM
> Subject: Bug 101456 - 'Find' dialog cumbersome for Business functions
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just added a patch to this bug
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101456
>
> It may still be improved, but the current implementation works quite well 
> already.
>
> I spent way more time than I should on getting this done (and thanks Derek for 
> your patience with me on IRC :)
>
> Although I have done some coding in the past, this was my first experience 
> with autotools, gnome, gtk, gobject and GnuCash. So my learning curve was 
> steep :)
>
> Anyway, the patch is there, feedback is appreciated.
>
> What it does:
> It allows one to enter a Vendor/Job/Employee/Invoice/... directly into the 
> appropriate text entry widget, optionally selecting an autocompletion value 
> when they pop up. This way you can in many cases avoid to use the search 
> dialog for the same thing.
>
> Things that could still be improved:
> * Limit the autocompletion list to active objects only
> * For invoices/bills: only show the relevant ones. Currently both bills and 
> invoices are listed at all times. At first glance this can only be done with 
> some major refactoring of the invoice qof object, so it would definitly be 
> something for a later revision.
> * Dynamic autocompletion list generation. This can be considered if there are 
> performance issues with generating the list statically beforehand. I don't 
> notice significant performance problems on my books, but that could be 
> different for others.
> * Autocomplete the value in the text entry widget while typing.
>
> I do not intend to implement these extras right away, unless the devs consider 
> this patch incomplete without one of them. The patch works fairly ok as it is 
> right now.
>
> Considering this is an outstanding annoyance since 2002, I hope it can get 
> included as is in the 2.4 release.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
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