[GNC] How to edit pop-up menu when typing transaction descriptions

[Jack Slater]

Proposing a new/better way please.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 9:33 AM David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The problem with the solution that Adrien suggests is that there is a real
> possibility that the existing descriptions may be correct for existing
> transactions but inappropriate for new transactions.  I think there is no
> solution as long as the current method is used to populate the list, so we
> must live with it.
>
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2023 at 9:23 AM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
> > This list is populated from the descriptions used in every transaction -
> > in that register.
> >
> > If there are some entries that are errant (such as misspellings) or
> > variant for the same entity (like a Payee, store name, etc.) the only
> > way to correct these is to change those descriptions you don't want to
> > those you do.
> >
> > The easiest way to do this would be to do a Find for the description you
> > want to change, which will give you a list of transactions using it.
> > Then, as you correct them one-by-one, they'll disappear from the search
> > results and when the results register is empty, it will no longer appear
> > in the drop down list in account registers which are affected by those
> > transactions.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >
> > On 6/5/23 11:00 PM, Sebastian Aguilar wrote:
> > > When I type in the description of a transaction, a pop-up menu of
> > previous entries appears. Is there a way to edit this menu? Sometimes it
> > feels more cumbersome than helpful.
> >
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