Question on autofill of description field

Matt Kowske jmk at cmail.nu
Thu Jan 29 18:24:35 EST 2015


I had thought I did a thorough search before sending but I guess not:

http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request/suggestions/1568131-provide-per-transaction-cancel-of-autofill-with-e

It looks like this is not implemented.

On 01/29/2015 05:10 PM, Matt Kowske wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a little problem going through transactions for my account that
> have been downloaded via OFX. The description field is typically
> downloaded as the payee name in all caps with some location data
> following it, like: "MANGOS CAFE RESTAURANT". After downloaded
> transactions I go through each one and assign accounts and fix the desc
> field. In this case, I would like it to be "Mangos Cafe". I tab over and
> start to type "Mangos Cafe", but it autofills this as "MANGOS CAFE
> RESTAURANT". It's very awkward to get the case right. I typically add a
> space somewhere, like "M angos Cafe" and then have to go back and remove
> the space, then tab to the next field. Is there a feature I'm missing
> somewhere that can match "MANGOS CAFE RESTAURANT" and automatically
> translate this to something else? Or a better way to do the entry
> manually? Thanks!
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