On 08/27/2011 12:29 AM, Yawar Amin wrote: > Hi Florian, > > On 2011-08-24, at 08:32, Florian Haas wrote: > >> […] >> Now, while GnuCash does allow for accounts to be assigned a number, >> those numbers are not available to actually be selected in the >> register when making an entry. That complicates matters for users >> using a numbered accounting scheme -- specifically because, as the >> account number identifies the account unequivocally, the account >> hierarchy scheme does not enforce uniqueness among leaf account >> names. In GnuCash, this problem can be worked around by referring to >> accounts by their full name (as opposed to just the leaf account >> names) -- but that's comparatively tedious, compared to identifying an >> account by its number. > > Just want to make sure you know that you can type in an account code in the > account entry field, instead of a full account name. When you enter the > account code, say 4224, and Tab to the next field, GnuCash automatically > substitutes in the full account name. So even though it doesn’t show you a > list of the available account codes, you can still type them in.
That is helpful, and I clearly was not aware of that. Thanks for pointing this out. Is there any other hidden clever shortcut which will also work if you select a partial account number? So is there any way to type, say, 42 and some magic key, and then get a dropdown with all account numbers *starting* with 42? I would still maintain, though, that for German/Austrian/etc. users who are used to a numbered account scheme, displaying the account code plus leaf account name would be the most useful way of displaying the account in the register. So I believe the original suggestion to optionally include the account code in the register is still valid. Thoughts? Cheers, Florian _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
