Account selection lists

bernie at ledwick.me.uk bernie at ledwick.me.uk
Thu Nov 17 11:49:06 EST 2016


Colin, 

That may be so in some cases. I guess it depends on the complexity of your chart of accounts. It would be nice to have the option,  though. 

⁣Regards, 

Bernie 

On 17 Nov 2016, 16:44, at 16:44, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 17 November 2016 at 16:33, bernie at ledwick.me.uk
><bernie at ledwick.me.uk>
>wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  It does help a bit,  but takes me back 40
>> years to before the mouse was invented.
>>
>
>
>That may be so, but if you know the acct you want it is much faster
>than
>using the mouse.
>
>Colin
>
>
>>
>> ⁣Regards,
>>
>> Bernie
>>
>> On 16 Nov 2016, 13:21, at 13:21, "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>> >Hi Bernie,
>> >
>> >If you begin typing the tree, it will quickly pare the list down
>based
>> >on your typing. Moreover, if you type the Account Separator
>character
>> >(usually the “:”) it will move to the next level in the hierarchy.
>So,
>> >to get to Expenses:Auto:Fuel, I can type: ex:au:f
>> >
>> >See if that helps you.
>> >
>> >David
>> >
>> >> On Nov 16, 2016, at 4:58 PM, Bernie Ledwick <bernie at ledwick.me.uk>
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I don't know if this has been raised before or how difficult it
>would
>> >be to
>> >> achieve, but when posting items to accounts, all accounts are
>listed
>> >every
>> >> time. This means that, for example if I want to post to an account
>in
>> >the
>> >> expenses section, I need to scroll through all the income
>accounts.
>> >Would it
>> >> be possible to have an option where the list is presented as a
>> >> collapsible/expandable tree? The only closely relevant option I
>see
>> >is to
>> >> "Only display leaf account names", which still displays all the
>> >accounts.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Bernie
>> >>
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