Feature suggestion: display account numbers in register and account selection popup

[Geert Janssens]

On zaterdag 27 augustus 2011, Yawar Amin wrote:
> Hi Florian,
> 
> On 2011-08-24, at 08:32, Florian Haas wrote:
> > […]
> > Now, while GnuCash does allow for accounts to be assigned a number,
> > those numbers are not available to actually be selected in the
> > register when making an entry. That complicates matters for users
> > using a numbered accounting scheme -- specifically because, as the
> > account number identifies the account unequivocally, the account
> > hierarchy scheme does not enforce uniqueness among leaf account
> > names. In GnuCash, this problem can be worked around by referring to
> > accounts by their full name (as opposed to just the leaf account
> > names) -- but that's comparatively tedious, compared to identifying an
> > account by its number.
> 
> Just want to make sure you know that you can type in an account code in the
> account entry field, instead of a full account name. When you enter the
> account code, say 4224, and Tab to the next field, GnuCash automatically
> substitutes in the full account name. So even though it doesn’t show you a
> list of the available account codes, you can still type them in.
> 
Cool !

I wasn't sure of that anymore, but it's a great hidden feature. I wonder if 
this is somewhere in the documentation already...

Geert