IIRC this was a bug having to do with computing the box size for the list on
certain window managers. It took Bob Fewell several tries to get it fixed so
unfortunately the fix is to upgrade. You may be able to use the 4.13 .deb from
the Debian Archive, see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian#Using_the_Debian_Archive.
Regards,
John Ralls
> On May 7, 2024, at 03:17, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hmm.. it has been many moons since I made the move from 3.x to 4.x, so I
> don't see an obvious preference either. But perhaps toggle the:
>
> Preferences > Register > Actions > Auto-raise lists
>
> checkbox and see if that helps.
>
> If not, note as I mentioned, you should still be able to type through the
> tree as before to narrow down your account list to choose from.
>
> So starting with for example:
>
> "Expenses:"
>
> Would bring up a (albeit now truncated) list of Expense accounts can get you
> started. Then start typing the next branch of the tree, followed by your
> separator. (default being ":") Proceed as before from there.
>
> You may (or may not) need to uncheck:
>
> Preferences > Register Defaults > Other Defaults > Only display leaf account
> names
>
> ----
> Are you trying to access the *same* book with too different GnuCash versions?
>
> While this is possible within a small release window, it probably isn't a
> 'best practice' if it can be avoided.
>
> When advancing the major release number, some lack of backwards compatibility
> occurs. (not sure that is worded correctly) Usually, in conjunction with the
> next major release, the last minor release is issued such that both can read
> the same file.
>
> Thus, at a bare minimum, it is recommended to upgrade to the last minor
> release of a major version before moving to the next major version. Since the
> last release of 3.x was 3.11, that would mean if your other computer is on
> 4.8, you need the one on 3.8 to at least be on 3.11 so it can properly read
> the 4.8 file. (the 4.8 version should be able to read a 3.8 file with little
> issue, but it appears in your case, you are going back and forth, not one way
> from 3.x to 4.x)
>
> Is there some reason you can't get them both sync'd up to 4.8? (or 4.14 which
> is the last of that series)
>
> Is there some reason you can't advance them both to the current release? (5.6)
>
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 5/7/24 3:24 AM, v....@scottsonline.org.uk wrote:
>> I've had a hunt through all the preference stuff, but can't see anything
>> that looks relevant. Maybe it's too obvious to spot :-{
>> Account completion works, but doesn't really help if you can't remember the
>> account name!
>> But to reword/clarify my issue.....
>> Working with 4.8, I have two separate accounts files. One of them shows a
>> dropdown list of accounts on clicking in in the Transfer field, the other
>> doesn't. There seems no reason the behaviours should be different.
>> The latter shows either for an existing transaction the highlighted current
>> contents or for a new transaction, initially blank (highlighted plus a
>> down-arrow) then the first account from the accounts tree with an up-arrow
>> when clicked.
>> On 3.8 I always get a dropdown accounts list.
>
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