[GNC] Recent changes regarding transactions

Patrick James patrickjames14 at comcast.net
Sat Feb 7 15:28:24 EST 2026


If you want to differentiate between a deposit and withdrawal at the point of description autofill, one potential workaround would be to use separate descriptions for the deposit versus withdrawal.

For example:

XYZ - Deposit

XYZ - Withdrawal

That won't guarantee that the direction you want is on top, but it will allow you to quickly identify what you need, and then select accordingly.

I have found that it doesn't really matter which direction, as I just correct the autofilled suggested entry to what I need.

To the commentary of "time waster," I cannot speak for your personal situation, your workflow, but what I can say is that many people have reported that the autofill feature is a "time saver." If we took the sum of all the "time saved" and subtracted all the sum of all the "time wasted," I would bet that the total "time saved" is greater, thus the autofill feature is a time saver when averaged over all users.


> On 02/07/2026 9:59 AM PST Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> I know we've been through this before about ALL transactions (now, just
> most recent) showing in the auto fill list.  That was bad enough.  Now I am
> constantly having to watch which account is presented on top!  For
> instance, if I post a new transaction to someone I recently PAID, my
> checking account is on top, indicating a withdrawal.  That is where it
> should be when I'm in my checking account.
> However, if that same entity sent ME money  (income item in my checking
> account), the checking account is on the bottom!
> 
> This is such a time waster!  Am I totally in left field?


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