[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Dustin Henning]

I haven't upgraded quite that far yet, but I am on 5.x on macOS and I 
also don't have the problem described by the OP.  Regardless, I am 
definitely not a fan of the new feature.  Previously, I could type a few 
letters and have the field populated how I wanted, now I have to select 
from a huge list after typing the same letters, so I find it incredibly 
inconvenient and prefer the way the memo field (still) works. I don't 
mind the popup, tbh, I just wish the field was still filled in the old 
way so I could hit tab and be done instead of having to go to the mouse 
and select from a list. That having been said, as a general observation 
(across many different softwares over the last few years vs a GnuCash 
specific observation), it sure seems like convenience features get less 
and less convenient and interfere with previously built-in convenient 
functionalty more and more as software gets more complicated.

On 6/27/23 10:47 PM, David H wrote:
> Steve/David,
>
> Working fine here on Win 11 also. What type of register are you seeing the
> issue in?
>
> Cheers David H.
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 12:06, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Working as intended here on Windows 10, will also try Win 11 shortly, no
>> freezing, gibberish works also :-)
>>
>> Cheers David H.
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 11:54, David Cousens <davidcousens49 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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