[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[David T.]

I'm pretty sure there aren't any options for autofill; therefore, there won't be any entries in the FAQ for them. 

⁣David T. ​

On Jul 1, 2023, 2:32 PM, at 2:32 PM, Jack Slater <theilliniguy at gmail.com> wrote:
>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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