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

[Adrien Monteleone]

I'll add that the workflow for Find Account is:

1. CTRL/CMD-I, which brings up the Find Account dialog
2. start typing your search text, in this case "500" (without the 
quotes) and hit ENTER to search
3. the result is a list of matching accounts. Use the up/down arrow keys 
to highlight the desired account.
4. hit Enter to jump to the account in the Accounts tab
5. hit SPACE to open that register

That sounds like a lot more clicks, but:

* you get a narrowed down list to choose from
* you can jump to the account and open its register with two very fast 
keystrokes after the search
* you can do this even without viewing the Accounts tab. (e.g., while 
viewing another register)

The drawback to searching from the Accounts tab using the OP's 
quick-type method, is that *only* shows you accounts that are already 
visible - that is - expanded on the page. If that part of the tree is 
collapsed, the method the OP describes will not find the account. It is 
a 'visible text search' feature only and has no cognizance of 
'accounts', where the Find Account feature does. It isn't as far as I 
know a feature of GnuCash, but something from GTK that came along for 
the ride.

Regards,
Adrien
On 12/1/23 9:01 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Numbering is likely the way to go for the closest workflow to what you 
> are using now, but there is also a 'Find Account' feature that might 
> work for you as well. However, it will take more keystrokes.