That's odd I did not see that when I read it on my phone. I do see it on my laptop.
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 7:15 AM Colin <colinfar...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > > [image: Sent from Mailspring] > On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 2:21 AM Colin <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> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Jul 19, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Colin <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 > 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. > > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list 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.