[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Jack Lockard]

I haven't upgraded yet so it still uses the contains search. I found that if I stop and think about what is unique in the description I want it helps narrow things down quicker with less typing. For instance, I have several descriptions that start with "Contribute To". I found that if I start typing say "To V" I get the description I want in three keystrokes. With the new begins with search I'll be back to typing "Contribute To V" to get what I want. There is always a trade off somewhere it would seem.

Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+jelockard=outlook.com at gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Dustin Henning
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 11:43 AM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

And it's worse.  Guess I REALLY should have read the release notes.  Now notes doesn't autofiill the old way anyymore so I have to manually type even more.  My search still isn't begins with, either, so my list is still extremely long.  I guess maybe they missed that on Mac.  At least everybody else is happy with the improvements.  I'm used to being an outlier, so it is what it is.

On 6/29/23 10:02 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> Yes, they switched to a 'begins with' search. (release notes are your
> friend - they are always posted on the website and here on the mailing
> list in the release announcement)
>
> Since the list also shows more recent descriptions first, it is now
> like 4.x, but instead of only giving you an auto-fill of the last used
> similar description, you get more choices.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 6/28/23 4:00 PM, Dustin Henning wrote:
>> Sounds like a good enouh reason to take the leap. Do not fill is
>> presumably the opposite of what I want, but if it shortened the list,
>> it probably did so by filtering using a "begins with" type filter,
>> which would at least help a little.  The problem with "keep typing to
>> narrow it down" is I'm suddenly typing 10+ characters where 2 or 3
>> would have been enough before, but that doesn't mean the new method
>> can't have improved.  Thanks for the tips.
>
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