[GNC] Order of accounts, auto numbering transactions.

[Stan Brown]

Actually there's a preference setting so that I need type only a few
characters of the account name, ignoring higher levels.

I believe it's associated with Register Defaults » Only display leaf
account names.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com

On 2022-08-09 15:48, David Carlson wrote:
> Version 2.6.19 only works the old way where you need to type a few
> characters of each level starting at the top.  You need at least 3.x to
> get the better autofill in the account field. 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2022, 5:36 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
> <mailto:the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 11:31 AM UTC -800, Stan Brown wrote:> This
>     may be different in more recent versions, but I've found that
>     > the drop-down accounts list when I'm entering a transaction is still
>     > alphabetical and does not follow [i.e. not in the order of] account
>     > codes. However, when I type the first few letters of the desired
>     > account name, GC auto-fills the full name.
>     On 2022-08-09 13:04, Gyle McCollam wrote:
>     > Stan,
>     > Just wanted to let you know that you don't even have to type the first
>     > few letters, any part of the account name will do, GNC will find the
>     > account name.
> 
>     Not for me. I have an account called "AP Bank of America Visa", and no
>     other accounts with "America" in their names. When entering a
>     transaction, nothing happens if I type America in the account field,
>     until I press Tab. At that point the popup asks me if I want to create
>     the account America.
> 
>     I thought maybe you might have been talking about accounts in the
>     Accounts tab. But there again, initial characters jump to the account,
>     but typing America does nothing.
> 
>     I have GC 2.6.19. Which version do you have?
> 
>     Stan Brown
>     Tehachapi, CA, USA
>     https://BrownMath.com <https://BrownMath.com>
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