[GNC] Recent changes regarding transactions

[Phyllis Bruce]

Thanks for your response Patrick

On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM Patrick James via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> 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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