[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Jack Slater]

Where do I find the FAQ on the options for this latest version of the
auto-suggest?

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 9:52 PM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> David,
>
> OK, so not the marker transaction. I've got only 5 future transactions.
>
> The read line in Vincent's file is because he has read-only after N days
> set in File>Properties. The transactions above the red line are read-only.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> > On Jun 30, 2023, at 17:43, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello John,
> >
> > Sorry my bad, it's actually Big Sur version 11.7.8 on the iMac, NOT
> Monterey - memories going !!!  The blank txn is my future credit card
> payment - happens on the same day each month and I just fill in the amount
> when I know it.  I have one in each of my 3 card accounts and multiple in
> the cheque account for the other side of the splits in them.
> >
> > I used Vincent's test file that he posted earlier and it seems to do the
> same thing see below, the register WITHOUT focus when re-opening only
> displays the blank txn plus 1. He also has multiple blank txns in that
> register.  Not sure where the red line comes from as I don't see it in my
> own file and I can't see a preference for it ?
> >
> > Thanks David H.
> >
> > <image.png>
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 09:37, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:
> jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
> >> David,
> >>
> >> Huh. Two possibilities: I have only a few future transactions, not
> enough to move the blank transaction that far up the screen, and I wonder
> if that marker transaction (with no debit or credit value) matters.
> >>
> >> What macOS version on the iMac?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> John Ralls
> >>
> >>
> >> > On Jun 30, 2023, at 1:47 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com <mailto:
> hellvee at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Hi John,
> >> >
> >> > I hope I don't sound ungrateful, as always I really appreciate the
> work you and the other devs/translators/etc put in on my most used app.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway here's a pic of what I'm seeing on all my pc's - haven't fired
> up Ubuntu for a few days so can't say what happens there. I have standard
> sort order on, future dated txns after the blank txn so they stand out for
> me.  As you can see from the pic's different end points.  Looking at it
> again this morning after a coffee I have noticed that if I close GnuCash
> with an account register open that particular register exhibits the old
> behaviour and is scrolled right to the bottom when GnuCash is re-opened.
> Otherwise I only get the blank txn and 1 future dated txn in all open
> registers.  Usually I close Gnucash with the focus on the Accounts tab so
> it seemed like it affected all registers.   Aha, did I hear you say
> something about lazy tab repainting/refreshing in a previous post - is
> there a connection ?
> >> >
> >> > I've also noticed some of my icons disappearing, but only on my slow
> old 2014 27" iMac - looks a bit weird - like 3 missing, 2 there, more
> missing and if you move the cursor along the icon row they magically
> reappear.  Really only an intermittent thing that I've only seen twice on
> the one Mac.
> >> >
> >> > Hope this clarifies things somewhat.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers David H.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > <image.png>
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, 1 Jul 2023 at 03:55, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:
> jralls at ceridwen.us>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > On Jun 30, 2023, at 8:31 AM, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net <mailto:adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>>
> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >> I also think that the registers now display a little differently
> to what
> >> > >> they used to.  In 5.1 any open registers always scroll all the way
> to the
> >> > >> end of the txns when you re-open your GnuCash data file.  In 5.3
> they don't
> >> > >> seem to quite get all the way to the bottom meaning you have to
> manually
> >> > >> page down in every register you had open to see all your future
> txns, which
> >> > >> in my case is sometimes 15 - 20 as I like to know what's coming up
> for the
> >> > >> next 60 days cash flow wise.
> >> > >
> >> > > I don't use future-dated transactions, but if it doesn't even get
> to the last transaction (and ideally the next empty one) that could get
> quite annoying.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> > I just checked that and both open registers had the cursor in the
> blank transaction just like always. There's a  preference to put the blank
> transaction before future transactions. Even with that set I see all the
> ones I have displayed below the blank transaction, but I can imagine that
> if you have more than will fit in the window then GnuCash will scroll so
> that the blank transaction is at the top of the window and some of those
> future transactions aren't visible. I think that's correct behavior: Ready
> to perform input with the input location visible.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > John Ralls
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