Ah forget that it does actually do a new search, sorry for the noise, Cheers David H.
On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 07:04, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > You say 20, I counted 30 on macOS :-) The thing I don't like much about > it is you enter for example an e and you get 20/30 entries then typing > further letters to refine the search it only seems to narrow down the > results from the initial subset of search results instead of refreshing the > actual search results. > > Cheers David H. > > > On Fri, 5 May 2023 at 03:01, Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I think it is the same/similar code used for account selection. (and >> that feature *greatly* speeds up entry) >> >> The idea is that you don't *have* to know or recall how something is >> spelled *in order* and thus get all options so you can choose the right >> one. >> >> While that is intended, and can be helpful, there are certainly times >> where it slows you down. I haven't noticed on the Description line, but >> I know account lookup is limited to 20 results. This can pose a problem >> if the desired account is not shown in those 20 results as you can't >> scroll to it at all. This forces a more complicated 'lookup' entry or >> resorting to the old-school a:b:c shorthand to get what you want. I can >> only imagine that if the Description field has this same limitation, >> that can be another complication. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> On 5/4/23 11:17 AM, Jack Slater wrote: >> > I did that and it's now only 12! The oddity for me is that not only is >> the >> > list long but in my mind typing "jo" should start a list that begins >> with >> > jo, not al johnsons, happy joes and jimmie johns! >> > >> > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:24 AM Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I know it involves an extra keystroke, but type "jo". At least then >> you >> >> don't have to use the down arrow 20 or more times. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
