The notes and splits are populating from the autofill for me so far, including in this attached test file. Hence those experiencing this feature not working are definitely hitting a bug somewhere (bug or whatever else you want to call it). There certainly was no intentional change in that behavior that I am aware of.
The challenge now is to figure out what is particular about the situations in which the problem is occurring and how to replicate it so the developers can find the origin of the problem. Typically being able to reproduce the error is often more difficult than fixing it (figuring out the diagnosis is harder than providing the cure). For those willing to help with this, one first step could be to create a test file and see whether the behavior exists there as well. If it does, it might be related to your larger PC environment, if it doesn't it might be related to something more specific to your datafile. That would guide what to do as a second step. Alternatively you are welcome to use my test file attached to this email; the data is random, typed over type as I am testing various things with it, which explains some of the strange descriptions, but there is nothing personal or valuable in that file data-wise and you can do whatever test you need on it for testing. It has US and Canadian dollar transactions as a way to test multicurrency features but it's not relevant to this issue. Sincerely, Vincent Dawans On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 9:18 AM Dustin Henning <gcul...@mynym.us> wrote: > My notes populated automatically on 5.0, they didn't on 5.3. I > downgraded to 5.0 and they do again. The pop-up list works the same for > me on 5.0 and 5.3 except for the added option to disable it. I wouldn't > want to disable it unless I got the old behavior back, but the old > behavior seems to clearly be going away seeing as how it was removed > from another field in 5.3. The reason my description field has large > lists is because of previous changes to the OFX/QFX importer meaning > that I manually populate that field for certain accounts now while it > was automatically populated previously. My understanding is that > behavioral change wasn't the work of the GunCash dev team, so it is what > it is. While it also affects my notes field, the automatic typing in my > notes field is more similar to the automatic typing in your description > field. I basically use them for the opposite of what you do due to how > the OFX/QFX importer worked (and technically would probably still do the > same now, it's just more work with the new importer behavior). > > That having been said, the OFX/QFX importer behavior actually improved > slightly in 5.3 when compared to 5.0, so maybe I should try 5.1 and 5.2 > to see if I can find something in between to stick with for as long as > possible. > > On 6/29/23 4:18 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > I just upgraded to 5.3-1 on Monterey and it works fine. > > > > I did have to accept the suggestion from the list and then Tab but it > > populated with an autofill of memo, amounts, et cetera from my last > > transaction with the same Description. > > > > I'll add here that I use GnuCash with old paper and pen habits, that > > is, I use the 'Description' field as strictly a 'Payee/Payor' field. > > Actual descriptive information I put in the Notes and/or Memo fields. > > (Notes for the whole transaction, Memos for things specific to a > > split) That usage greatly simplifies my Description list. It may not > > suit everyone of course. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 6/29/23 10:42 AM, Dustin Henning wrote: > >> And it's worse. Guess I REALLY should have read the release notes. > >> Now notes doesn't autofiill the old way anyymore so I have to > >> manually type even more. My search still isn't begins with, either, > >> so my list is still extremely long. I guess maybe they missed that > >> on Mac. At least everybody else is happy with the improvements. I'm > >> used to being an outlier, so it is what it is. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. >
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