[GNC-dev] Question about account list and typeahead

[Adrien Monteleone]

Search button?

The issue I’m speaking of is when you are on the Accounts tab and just start typing. A small entry field will pop up, usually in the lower right corner (location varies) and it finds (as you type) whatever text you just typed in that tab. It isn’t a feature of GnuCash to search for accounts. It is a feature of GTK as a general content search.

That is where my delete and/or backspace key do not work for me. (using Apple standard keyboard or a full keyboard) Yes, this field comes up blank initially, but if you misspelled something, you can’t use delete/backspace to fix it. You have to highlight the entire text first.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Mar 16, 2020 w12d76, at 4:33 PM, chris graves <mohavebaked at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Just another point of reference, the delete key in this situation works fine on my system (Catalina).
> 
> But I'm not quite sure that I am understanding your issue.  In the search entry field, I can enter text and delete at will.
> 
> When I hit the Search button, the search entry field is blanked, so no reason to hit backspace.
> 
> Chris
> 
>> On Mar 15, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I am on Catalina as well.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Mar 15, 2020 w12d75, at 4:30 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Doesn't work on my Mac either - Catalina maybe ???
>>> 
>>> Cheers David.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, 16 Mar 2020 at 07:18, jeanl <ripngo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Adrien Monteleone-2 wrote
>>>>> It has a usability bug. If you want to search for something else, such as
>>>>> if you misspelled your term, you have to highlight the text to delete it
>>>>> and then type something different. The backspace key (delete on MacOS)
>>>>> doesn’t work. This might just be a Mac thing though.
>>>> 
>>>> Mmm, it seems to work on my mac. On my windows machine, I see the problem
>>>> you describe.
>>>>