[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[David Cousens]

Steve,

There is AFAIK no general way to turn off auto-completion but when it is
initiated and highlights a transaction which it thinks is a match, there is a
popup "Don't autocomplete" above that first matching transaction which allows
you to choose not to autocomplete by clicking on it.  The behaviour you describe
with "A-T" and "U-Z" doesn't occur in V5.3 built on Linux (Mint 21.3) so it may
be a Windows library problem rather than the GnuCash code itself.

You could raise a feature bug requesting the option of disabling autocompletion
completely or even on a register by register basis.

David Cousens

On Tue, 2023-06-27 at 18:15 -0700, Steve Miller wrote:
> Window 11 user here.  I finally upgraded to the 5 series, 5.3 specifically.
> It all works great EXCEPT the autofill on the description in the register.
> I wish there was an option in the preferences to turn that OFF.
> 
> I've spent more time playing around with that than I care to remember...
> things I experience with it?
> 
> If I type any letter A-T, the list of prior descriptions pops up, but if I
> type a letter U-Z it freezes.
> 
> if I type gibberish really fast when I get into the description box, I can
> make the gibberish appear (not that that is useful!)
> 
> But if i try to type anything else, it generally (85%) of the time, will
> freeze when I get to the second letter.  Then i have to delete the entry.
> 
> I've tried re-downloading 5.3, I've tried re-starting GnuCash repeatedly,
> I've rebooted, I've changed the size of window for GnuCash, so I dunno, I'm
> about to go back to version 4.14 or whatever I've been using for past
> several years.
> 
> I just wish there was a way to switch that "feature" off...  I can't get it
> consistently, or most of the time to work.  I'm quite happy manually typing
> in descriptions...
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