[GNC] Find not working in Gnucash for Windows 5.0

[Patrick James]

This is a bug, and I reported it as Bug ID 798803.

https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798803

Selecting the "New Search" radio button should search as new, but alas, it does not.


> On 04/05/2023 11:07 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
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> On 2023-04-05 07:18, Tute Terner wrote:
> > When I search in the Find dialog box using the Description field,
> > everything works. But when I search by the Memo field or the
> > 'Description, Notes or Memo' field or the Action field the Search
> > Results always turn out empty, even though the search string is present
> > in the Memo or Action fields of some transactions.  I am using Gnucash
> > 5.0 for Windows, but I have noticed this in some previous versions too.
> > Am I doing something incorrect or is this a bug. I don't see that
> > anybody has mentioned this behaviour in the mailing list or in the bug
> > list. Thank you.
> 
> Probably you already know this, but ...
> 
> Gnucash will only find transactions that are in the window that is on
> top when you initiate the Find.
> 
> Therefore, if you want to make sure of getting all matching transactions
> in all accounts rather than just one, you need to start your Find while
> the Accounts window (lost of accounts) is on top.