Please, please provide a way to cancel quickfill on a per-transaction basis

[Geert Janssens]

On maandag 7 maart 2011, Paul Abrahams wrote:
> > > There is the option to leave the Description field blank until the
> > > rest of the transaction is filled in, then tab or arrow up back to
> > > fill in the Description.
> > 
> > That's almost as bad as simply deleting the splits!
> > 
> > What is needed is a simple (preferably a single keystroke) way of
> > toggling autofil on each transaction.  So, you type in the description,
> > you get the autofill.  Press a key (I'd suggest that ESC might be good,
> > but let's not get too prescriptive at this point!) and the autofill data
> > - ALL of it!! - disappears, leaving the transaction as if it has been
> > freshly entered. Press the key again, the full autofill data re-appears.
> 
> Anything at all -- but we need something in this spirit.  My suggestion of
> an initial backspace is another possibility.
> 
> I'm not advocating removing autofill globally.  We really want to cancel it
> dynamically for a single transaction.
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I believe this is a valid request. I suggest you add this request to the new 
feature request forum:
http://gnucash.uservoice.com

It has less chance of being forgotten there and other users can add their 
votes.

Geert