[GNC] How to Disable AutoComplete?

[Patrick James]

Adding: After some additional testing, the "Don't autocomplete" is ignored when there is an exact description match. It seems to function if there is not an exact match.

To reproduce:

Type in an exact match of a description. Select "Don't autocomplete" from the autocomplete list. Press tab to move to the next field. The "Don't autocomplete" is ignored as the fields are populated as if autocomplete was desired.

> On 11/25/2025 8:47 PM PST Patrick James via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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> Tom & Sherlock,
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> I am confirming that Tom is correct about GnuCash ignoring the "Don't autocomplete" request, both with ESC and selecting "Don't autocomplete" from the list.
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> It would seem to me that if "Don't autocomplete" is selected, then the cursor should move to the next field without any autocomplete and leaving the description field as filled (no changes). I'm not so sure about how the ESC method should work, but if the pulldown list is not visible, then maybe skip the autocomplete.
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> I generally agree with Tom in that if someone requests "Don't autocomplete" and the transaction is autocompleted, as the current version functions (I'm about 2-3 days behind on the daily build), I consider this to be a bug.
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