[GNC] Is there a way to see a list of the invoice description field contents?

[Adrien Monteleone]

While all of your data are of course in the file, there is no separately 
maintained list. The register is doing that in real time based on other 
descriptions in that register. This is why it won't autocomplete 
something that only exists in another account.

The invoices *should* do the same, and I see them do so for me, but I 
can't say for sure if this is vendor/customer dependent or not. I'm not 
sure how the code works for those.

Note, this may be tied to the fact that I do not consolidate splits on 
posting, so all of my line item detail ends up visible in the AR/AP and 
other affected registers. If this is the case, that is another benefit 
to not consolidating the splits. (the other being the only way to do 
reporting on line item detail)

Regards,
Adrien

On 8/21/26 2:31 PM, Frank Miller wrote:
> I'm a one-man band, and my invoices are typically only 5-6 lines each, with
> only a dozen or so service descriptions for the invoice line items. I know
> that GNUCash retains the line item descriptions from previous invoices in a
> file somewhere, because as soon as I start typing a description on a line,
> the line fills in with the closest match. It would be very handy to pop
> open a window with a list of descriptions and pick and choose from it. I've
> searched through the documentation and can't find any mention of such a
> feature. Any thoughts?