[GNC] Recent changes regarding transactions

[Mark Bourne]

Apologies for resurrecting a thread from a couple of weeks ago, but I've 
just noticed that in GnuCash 5.14, when I start typing in the 
description and a list of autocomplete suggestions comes up, I can either:

- Select an item and press Tab to fill the whole transaction
- Select an item and press Enter to complete just the description 
(leaving the rest unfilled)
- Press Escape to cancel autocomplete and just keep what I've typed

Not sure if that's something that's changed in recent versions, but 
thought it might help those who don't like the whole transaction being 
autocompleted.

I'm using GnuCash 5.14 on Linux Mint 22, but installed from the GnuCash 
PPA since there's a bug in the version from the Ubuntu/Mint repositories 
that makes scheduled transactions unusable.

Personally I find autocomplete quite useful for entering transactions 
similar to previous ones, but not on a fixed schedule (so not suitable 
for scheduled transactions).  Unlike "Duplicate Transaction", I don't 
need to find a previous example to copy, I just start typing the 
description and autocomplete it.

Mark.


Tom Route36 wrote:
> I'm not a fan of AutoFill actually filling in the whole transaction. But 
> I kinda like having AutoFill fill in JUST the Description field -- and 
> leaving the rest of the transaction blank. The way I do that is by 
> entering something (anything at all) into the Notes field BEFORE typing 
> anything into the Description field. Then when I do start typing into 
> the Description field, AutoFill will fill in ONLY the Description field, 
> rather than the whole transaction.  It seems kinda stupid to have to do 
> things in that order; but it's the way I work around the AutoFill 
> issue.  Just FYI.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 2/7/2026 4:01 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
>> On 2026-02-07 14:11, Liz wrote:
>>> This autofill feature remains contentious. Suggestions on how to
>>> improve it would help overall.
>>>
>>> Personally I would turn it off if that option was available.
>> I agree wholeheartedly. If I want to duplicate a transaction, I can use
>> the Duplicate button.
>>
>> The annoyance of the mandatory autofill, when it's not actually wanted
>> the majority of the time, is enough to keep me, reluctantly, from
>> upgrading to 5.x.
>>
>> Stan Brown
>> Tehachapi, CA, USA
>> https://BrownMath.com/
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