[GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches

[Adrien Monteleone]

I filed a bug a few days ago on this.

The issue seems to be that the Don't Autocomplete option only works 
using a mouse. If you select it, then TAB, ENTER, or ESC, the 
autocomplete happens anyway.

Regards,
Adrien

On 11/23/23 4:25 AM, Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton wrote:
> I'm on Win 11 Gnucash 5.3 and I do have the same problem.
> 
> An actual example: I wanted to change an existing transaction description
> from "Vodafone bill" to "Outstanding Vodafone bill". I put the cursor at
> the start of the old text and typed "Outstanding ". The description (still
> in edit mode, before pressing ENTER) now reads "Outstanding Vodafone bill",
> exactly as I intended. However, underneath appears a list of
> suggested autocompletions. "*Don't autocomplete*" is at the top of the
> list, but it's not the default. When I pressed ENTER as normal, Gnucash
> replaced "Outstanding Vodafone bill" to its chosen default "Outstanding Sky
> Protect fees".
> 
> Bizarre or what? This action is not autocomplete (i.e. adding text you
> haven't yet typed), it's autoedit (changing text you've already typed) with
> a very low threshold of similarity for deciding to change the description
> to match other entries.
> 
> Worse, as far as I can see I can't undo the change. I have to retype the
> entry and remember to select Don't autocomplete.
> 
> Whilst I can see that autocomplete (and perhaps even autoedit) could be
> useful at times, I would much prefer to have "Don't autocomplete" as the
> default.