Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread John Ralls
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

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread John Ralls
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

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Hmm.. it has been many moons since I made the move from 3.x to 4.x, so I don't see an obvious preference either. But perhaps toggle the: Preferences > Register > Actions > Auto-raise lists checkbox and see if that helps. If not, note as I mentioned, you should still be able to type through

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-07 Thread v . gcs
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

Re: [GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-06 Thread Adrien Monteleone
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

[GNC] no drop-down accounts list in ledger Transfer column.

2024-05-06 Thread v . gcs
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