[GNC] How to Disable AutoComplete?

[Sherlock]

Hi Tom,

There is no preference setting to disable autocomplete.   If you don't 
want GnuCash to match the earlier transaction, press the Esc key (or 
select Don't Autocomplete in the pull-down menu) before you hit the Tab 
key.

Regards,

Sherlock

On 11/25/25 1:22 AM, Tom Route36 wrote:
> Hi.  I'm still learning my way around GnuCash; so forgive this beginner 
> question.  When I go to enter a new transaction into a register and what 
> I am entering into the Description field matches an earlier transaction, 
> GnuCash will automatically fill in the amount and the split details 
> exactly as it was recorded previously for that earlier transaction.
> 
> For example, let's say my earlier transaction had the Description 
> "Walmart - Sacramento" with a Tot Charge amount of $154.26, and the 
> Split consisted of 9 entries.  If a couple weeks later I go to enter a 
> new transaction with the same Description ("Walmart - Sacramento") and I 
> hit the Tab key to type in whatever new Tot Charge amount I want to 
> record, what happens is that GnuCash will automatically fill-in that 
> same earlier $154.26 amount before I have any chance to enter my new Tot 
> Charge amount.  Worse yet, it fills in the 9 Split entries for the new 
> transaction to match that earlier transaction as well.
> 
> Not only is this annoying; but GnuCash gets bogged down and slows my 
> system down while it tries to recall the Split details of that earlier 
> transaction.  Is there a preference setting somewhere to stop GnuCash 
> from trying to AutoComplete my new transactions with the details of my 
> earlier transactions?
> 
> Tom