[GNC] Cancel Autocomplete

[David Carlson]

If Aaron is running an older release of GnuCash than a recent 5.x release,
the autocomplete feature works somewhat differently and the 'don't
autocomplete' is not available.  There may be a number of reasons that some
users are reluctant to update into the 5.x series, including the
possibility of running GnuCash on certain older OS's where the package
managers don't offer the latest releases, so the answer may be to learn the
limitations of the older software rather than the catchall to update to the
latest version. Sometimes it may be necessary to use the right arrow key
and backspace key to get to where you want to be.



On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM Paul Kroitor <paul at kroitor.ca> wrote:

> Yes. Just choose “Don’t autocomplete” at the top of the offered list.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 30, 2025, at 8:58 AM, Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > In splits for a transaction, Autocomplete is nice, but how do I cancel
> it
> > for the present split whether or not autocomplete is in effect? For
> > instance, if I have previously entered, "#52 (This is from last
> Thursday)"
> > and I want to enter "#52", I will press "backspace" to remove the extra
> > bit. However, if there is no extra bit, backspace will change my entry to
> > "#5".
> >
> > Is there any way reliably to enter what I typed, all that I typed, and
> only
> > what I typed?
> >
> > Thank you for the great work on gnucash!
> >
> > Yours,
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