Re: [GNC] [resolved] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.
On 09/05/2024 01:16, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Any opposition to using flatpak? You wouldn't have to wait. I avoid flatpak, having heard bad things about it. However (and thanks for the idea) there is an appimage version on github. I've downloaded 4.13 and given it a quick test, and it does indeed seem to have the issue fully resolved. I'd not realised these were available. Looks a likely way of keeping a common gnucash version across different OS versions. Many thanks. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England ___ 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.
[GNC] [resolved, sort-of] Re: no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.
On 07/05/2024 16:44, John Ralls wrote:
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
That could explain things. Unfortunately, I can't (readily) install 4.13
on mint - even the latest mint 21.3 has libraries too old for the deb's
off the website. But thanks for the info - at least I can look forward
to the next mint upgrade that should sort things. Meanwhile, I can
muddle through :-{
Thanks to you and to Adrien for replying.
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Harlow, Essex, England
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Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.
On 06/05/2024 23:19, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
4.x introduced a better 'type ahead search' in that field if I'm not
mistaken, which could be why you see a discrepancy between 3.8 & 4.8.
You can still use the old method either directly by typing the beginning
of the full account path with separators like before to speed things up,
or just start typing something matching the desired account and the list
will be limited accordingly.
There is also a global preference I believe to use the old behavior.
(pre 4.x)
If this isn't what you are describing, then please excuse the noise.
Regards,
Adrien
Thanks for the reply.
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.
(BTW considered comments are never noise IMO)
Thanks again.
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[GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.
Hi all. A "cannot happen" problem. My desktop box runs gnucash v4.8 on linux mint. I create a new accounts file, add 3 accounts aaa, bbb, ccc. I open bbb and to transfer (say) £100 from aaa to bbb. I click in the Transfer column, and get a highlighted empty box with a down arrow at right. I click on the down arrow, and see just one suggested account, aaa. No sign of ccc. However, if I then type in 'ccc' and Enter to confirm the entry, then on clicking again in the Transfer column, only ccc is offered. The weird thing is that (fortunately!) it works perfectly on my long-standing household accounts file - clicking on the Transfer column gives a long list of accounts as expected. But it fails on a second smaller accounts file. However, with gnucash 3.8 on an older mint, all works perfectly - both existing files and a new file (as above) offer a full set of accounts in the Transfer drop-down. Fortunately, ^T offers a workaround, albeit cumbersome. Any clue as to what's going on? An unresolved note at https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2021-October/097936.html about what seems to be the same problem suggests it's to do with MATE as that poster says it works under KDE. However, I get the same issue under KDE. Thanks. -- Mike Scott Harlow, Essex, England ___ 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.
