You say 20, I counted 30 on macOS :-) The thing I don't like much about it is you enter for example an e and you get 20/30 entries then typing further letters to refine the search it only seems to narrow down the results from the initial subset of search results instead of refreshing the actual search results.
Cheers David H. On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 03:01, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > I think it is the same/similar code used for account selection. (and > that feature *greatly* speeds up entry) > > The idea is that you don't *have* to know or recall how something is > spelled *in order* and thus get all options so you can choose the right > one. > > While that is intended, and can be helpful, there are certainly times > where it slows you down. I haven't noticed on the Description line, but > I know account lookup is limited to 20 results. This can pose a problem > if the desired account is not shown in those 20 results as you can't > scroll to it at all. This forces a more complicated 'lookup' entry or > resorting to the old-school a:b:c shorthand to get what you want. I can > only imagine that if the Description field has this same limitation, > that can be another complication. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 5/4/23 11:17 AM, Jack Slater wrote: > > I did that and it's now only 12! The oddity for me is that not only is > the > > list long but in my mind typing "jo" should start a list that begins with > > jo, not al johnsons, happy joes and jimmie johns! > > > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:24 AM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> > wrote: > > > >> I know it involves an extra keystroke, but type "jo". At least then you > >> don't have to use the down arrow 20 or more times. > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
