Filter accounts in drop-down lists

[Derek Atkins]

Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> writes:

> On Wednesday 15 May 2013 17:01:56 reidun76 wrote:
>> I have the same problem, only the accounts that I would like to 
> eliminate in
>> the drop-down menu are old accounts I used to use, such as for vehicles 
> I
>> no longer own or closed bank accounts and credit cards, but would like 
> to
>> have the information available if I want to see it. Can I make them a
>> placeholder without messing up the data in them?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
> Another option is to to mark the account as hidden and then unhide it 
> again if you want to see its data. That will remove it not only from the 
> drop-down menu, but also from the accounts hierarchy and reports.

I don't think "hidden" will keep the account out of the drop-down list,
only out of the CoA listing (and possibly out of the reports).

Marking it as a placeholder will make it read-only and remove it from
the dropdown, and no, it will not affect your existing transactions.  If
you want to have GnuCash effectively completely ignore it then you can
mark it both a placeholder and hidden.

> Geert

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-derek

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