[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Adrien Monteleone]

I thought I saw that a Windows specific freeze bug related to the 
autofill was fixed in the 5.2 release notes.

Perhaps a new bug has cropped up, or it wasn't fixed for all cases.

Or something is wrong with your particular data file, installation, or 
system as it appears to be working for others as noted. (maybe you have 
some sort of corrupted description in that particular register?)

Regards,
Adrien

On 6/27/23 8:15 PM, 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...