[GNC] Navigation through chart of accounts: shortcuts or bookmarks?

[Art Chimes]

I've never numbered my accounts. This seems like a useful workaround
for me. I'll try it. Thanks!

On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 8:58 PM David Carlson
<david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have assigned account numbers to the commonly used accounts so I can sort by number and find the one I want quickly.
>
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2023, 7:15 PM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 5:08 PM Art Chimes <artsonline at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have a pretty large number of accounts, and there is name
>> > duplication. For example, I might have  a S&P 500 index fund in my
>> > brokerage account and another one in a traditional IRA and maybe yet
>> > another one in a trust account.  My usual strategy is to open up the
>> > Accounts tab and type <500>. That brings me to the first account with
>> > "500" in its name. As far as I know, however, there is no magic way to
>> > advance to the NEXT account with "500" in its name.  Is there a way to
>> > do that?
>> >
>> > Or are there a better ways (tips and tricks?) to quickly and
>> > efficiently access an account that might be at the bottom of the list?
>> >
>> > Thanks for any helpful hints, and thanks also to the geniuses who keep
>> > working on GnuCash!
>> >
>> > Art Chimes
>> > GnuCash user since ~2019
>> >
>>
>> I don't know of a way to do this, but I give the accounts different names;
>> using your situation above, I call the brokerage account that holds S&P 500
>> Index shares "BRK-S&P 500", and the IRA entry would be "IRA-S&P500". I
>> don't know if this helps on the account page or not. I never really use the
>> account page in that way. A Roth fund with S&P 500 shares would be
>> "Roth-S&P 500", to continue the examples. I don't know if this will help or
>> not, but I provide it for what it's worth.
>>
>>
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