Keep search menu open

[John Ralls]

On Feb 7, 2010, at 4:28 PM, Graham Lane wrote:

> Not that it isn't a little faster, but that's only if I am typing at the time. Usually, I am mousing into GC from the other program. The ctrl F is clumsy for me in the way too.
> I could hot key a Function key following an all keyboard command cycle to get it back open, I suppose.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:16 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> On Feb 7, 2010, at 3:42 PM, trythis wrote:
> 
> >
> > I use gnucash as a database for expenses as much as anything else. I have
> > hundreds of searches that I have to do. It is sometimes possible to do more
> > than one search at a time but mostly I need to pull up one value search at a
> > time and go to another program and do something with what I learned. Then
> > come back to gc and do the same thing. A search button on the menu bar would
> > help. Making a default type of search would also help.
> > Leaving the search menu up unless I close it would be AWESOME!
> >
> > Is there a workaround, or simple way to make this happen? I tried to some
> > settings in preferences, but no joy. Ideas?
> 
> How about using Ctrl-F (Cmd-F on a Mac)?
> 

Huh? The next thing you do after switching to GC is type the search term. Save even more time by using ctrl-tab (Linux) or alt-tab (MSWin) to switch back to GC, then ctrl-F to search. You're going to have to type at some point to enter your search parameters.

Regards,
John Ralls