Dale, Typing 2 spaces to cater for the matches to "ong " with a trailing space works for me in that specific case, of course if you have no matches that end with ong and a trailing space only one space is required.
Cheers David H. On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 07:07, Dale Alspach <alspac...@gmail.com> wrote: > What if there is no more to type? > Example: I enter ONG > That is exactly what I want. The list includes Amanda Szongo, all > possibities including words such as long, e.g., long term care. The > highlighted entry is Amand Szongo so I cannot just hit tab. How do I move > the cursor off the description ? I don't want to scroll through a list for > something that is already in the field. > I have not played with this or searched the documentation, so there may be > something simple. > For me it would help if the matching assumed that I was typing the first > few characters. > Dale > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2023, 12:47 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > To reduce the number of matches just keep typing. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > > > On Mar 30, 2023, at 10:38 AM, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > I also disagree; I have only used 5.0 for a few entries; it will get a > > good > > > workout tomorrow, but I can see it saving typing. Currently, it's a bit > > of > > > a surprise to see the list pop up, but I imagine I'll get used to it. I > > > don't know what happens if there are, say, 20 different older entries; > it > > > would be nice if it only showed a limited number of recent matches for > > when > > > there are a lot of possibilities -- even nicer if this were > > > user-customizable. > > > > > > I found the old way of matching the last entry a bit annoying at times. > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 5:28 PM John J Egan <jj...@joesdesigns.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Since this update, creating a entry in the register now pops-up a > > >> 'similar entries' selection search result box, rather than just > filling > > >> in the payee as it used to. It's SO frustrating, and a lot more work > > now! > > >> > > >> Please revert back this new "feature". > > >> > > >> Thank you. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> John J. Egan > > >> 99 Lyboldt Road > > >> Fulton, New York 13069-4750 > > >> > > >> --- > > >> Why zebra are terrible horses < > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmjnioNulo > > >>> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> gnucash-user mailing list > > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > >> ----- > > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > _________________________________ > > > Richard Losey > > > rlo...@gmail.com > > > Micah 6:8 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > > ----- > > > 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 > > ----- > > 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
