[GNC] Autofill Oddity

[David Carlson]

Apparently the feature to filter accounts described by Robin is something
that I do not see in release 3.8.  Is that described somewhere in the Help
manual?

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 1:42 PM Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This happens to me under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as well (Under several Gnucash
> versions up to 4.4, it started around the time the feature to filter
> accounts was introduced instead of the previous way of starting at the top
> of the tree).
>
> I have worked around this by clicking the drop-down arrow in the Transfer
> column. Then the auto-fill can proceed as 'normal'.
>
> Robin
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 11:42 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > GnuCash 4.4 under Windows 10. Long time user.
> >
> > Recent releases have included an update to the Autofill feature, which
> > generally is a good thing. However, others have reported strange hitches
> > using the new feature under Windows--situations where the register hangs
> > and the application appears to stop working. I have also experienced
> > these problems, but could not see any specific aspects that would help.
> > However, I have now noticed one detail on my machine that may help in
> > tracking this down. To wit, when I first start GnuCash, the first
> > transaction entered in a register hangs after the user enters the first
> > character in the Transfer column. The combo box indicator shows, but
> > there is no further indication that anything has happened; the machine
> > just stops. The application doesn't respond to keyboard input, but
> > clicking elsewhere in the register window causes the Create account
> > dialog to display. Cancelling this dialog then brings focus back to the
> > Transfer column, the Accounts combo box shows, and all behaves as
> > expected. From this point forward, Autofill seems to work as expected.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > David T.
> >
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