It was introduced in 4.0 and described in the release notes like this: • New type-ahead search added to sequential search when selecting an account in the register: Instead of typing the first few characters of a top level account, the separator, the first few characters of the next level account and so on you may instead type a few characters of any part of a full account name and the drop-list will be filtered to contain only matching accounts. Once you have a small enough list you can use the arrow keys to select the account that you want.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 2:56 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Apparently the feature to filter accounts described by Robin is something > that I do not see in release 3.8. Is that described somewhere in the Help > manual? > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 1:42 PM Robin Chattopadhyay <robinra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This happens to me under Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as well (Under several Gnucash >> versions up to 4.4, it started around the time the feature to filter >> accounts was introduced instead of the previous way of starting at the top >> of the tree). >> >> I have worked around this by clicking the drop-down arrow in the Transfer >> column. Then the auto-fill can proceed as 'normal'. >> >> Robin >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 11:42 AM David T. via gnucash-user < >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > GnuCash 4.4 under Windows 10. Long time user. >> > >> > Recent releases have included an update to the Autofill feature, which >> > generally is a good thing. However, others have reported strange hitches >> > using the new feature under Windows--situations where the register hangs >> > and the application appears to stop working. I have also experienced >> > these problems, but could not see any specific aspects that would help. >> > However, I have now noticed one detail on my machine that may help in >> > tracking this down. To wit, when I first start GnuCash, the first >> > transaction entered in a register hangs after the user enters the first >> > character in the Transfer column. The combo box indicator shows, but >> > there is no further indication that anything has happened; the machine >> > just stops. The application doesn't respond to keyboard input, but >> > clicking elsewhere in the register window causes the Create account >> > dialog to display. Cancelling this dialog then brings focus back to the >> > Transfer column, the Accounts combo box shows, and all behaves as >> > expected. From this point forward, Autofill seems to work as expected. >> > >> > Best, >> > >> > David T. >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
