Hi David, I included a link to the bug report at the end of my message. It's #797864. On Jul 20 2020, at 12:49 pm, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Colin, > > What is the bug number? > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 2:21 AM Colin <colinfar...@gmail.com > (mailto:colinfar...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > Hi John, > > > > Thanks for the quick reply. I can see my description of the issue was not > > very clear, because what I experienced was a clear and annoying bug. But I > > solved it after recognizing the type-ahead search was only searching among > > top-level account names. And then inferred the issue was the result of > > using a custom account separator character. I had set it to "." because > > that only takes 1 keystroke on a US keyboard, whereas ":" takes 2 > > keystrokes. > > > > When I changed "." back to the default ":" the issue went away. I've gone > > ahead and filed a bug so this issue in type-ahead search can be addressed > > for anyone else using a period as their separator. For me changing back to > > the default is satisfactory. The new type ahead is great, because it means > > I don't *need *to type the separator most of the time. > > > > Interestingly, the issue didn't happen when I set the separator to a comma. > > I didn't do any more testing than that, so can't say if it happens with > > more than just a period as the separator. > > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797864 > > Thanks again, > > Colin > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 11:14 PM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us > > (mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us)> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Colin <colinfar...@gmail.com > > > > (mailto:colinfar...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > > > > > I just upgraded to 4.0 on my Mac and Linux machine, and have this bug on > > > > both. > > > > > > > > When entering a new item in the register of any account, if I type the > > > > account name using the old logic (type first few characters of the top > > > > account name, press the separator key, type the first few characters of > > > the > > > > next subaccount name etc) it works fine. I see a pop-up box above the > > > field > > > > with all the account names as before. > > > > > > > > If I try to use that box using the new logic (i.e. type the first few > > > > letters of the final level sub account) it doesn't work. It will not > > > > fill > > > > in or display that account as an option. Moreover, the popup list that > > > > shows up above displays only about 20 of my first accounts, all the rest > > > > are gone. This is conspicuous because I probably have close to 100 > > > accounts > > > > in total. > > > > > > > > At this point, if I press delete while in that box, I can clear the > > > field. > > > > But the missing accounts in the pop-up window don't return. I have to > > > > discard the transaction entirely and start over before I can get a full > > > > account list again. > > > > > > > > I did a search of the bugzilla but didn't see this listed there since > > > > 4.0 > > > > came out. > > > > > > Colin, > > > > > > The first part is the way the typeahead feature works: It filters the drop > > > down list to those accounts that contain the letters you've typed. It does > > > recognize your account separator so e.g. if you type "qui:bal" then > > > Equity:Opening Balances will be in the list. > > > > > > It doesn't fill in the entry with the selection, but if you've typed > > > enough so that the top item in the list is the one you want then if you > > > tab > > > out it will fill in with that one. Otherwise you can use the up and down > > > arrows to select an item from the drop down. Whatever is selected will be > > > put in the entry when you tab out. > > > > > > The backspace problem is probably > > > https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797845 that I fixed a few > > > minutes ago. > > > > > > Regards, > > > John Ralls > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org (mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org) > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > 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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