[GNC] 5.1 - New Description Memory Option?

[David H]

Ah forget that it does actually do a new search, sorry for the noise,

Cheers David H.

On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 07:04, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> You say 20, I counted 30 on macOS :-)  The thing I don't like much about
> it is you enter for example an e and you get 20/30 entries then typing
> further letters to refine the search it only seems to narrow down the
> results from the initial subset of search results instead of refreshing the
> actual search results.
>
> Cheers David H.
>
>
> On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 03:01, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
>> I think it is the same/similar code used for account selection. (and
>> that feature *greatly* speeds up entry)
>>
>> The idea is that you don't *have* to know or recall how something is
>> spelled *in order* and thus get all options so you can choose the right
>> one.
>>
>> While that is intended, and can be helpful, there are certainly times
>> where it slows you down. I haven't noticed on the Description line, but
>> I know account lookup is limited to 20 results. This can pose a problem
>> if the desired account is not shown in those 20 results as you can't
>> scroll to it at all. This forces a more complicated 'lookup' entry or
>> resorting to the old-school a:b:c shorthand to get what you want. I can
>> only imagine that if the Description field has this same limitation,
>> that can be another complication.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> On 5/4/23 11:17 AM, Jack Slater wrote:
>> > I did that and it's now only 12! The oddity for me is that not only is
>> the
>> > list long but in my mind typing "jo" should start a list that begins
>> with
>> > jo, not al johnsons, happy joes and jimmie johns!
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:24 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I know it involves an extra keystroke, but type "jo".  At least then
>> you
>> >> don't have to use the down arrow 20 or more times.
>>
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