I haven't upgraded yet so it still uses the contains search. I found that if I stop and think about what is unique in the description I want it helps narrow things down quicker with less typing. For instance, I have several descriptions that start with "Contribute To". I found that if I start typing say "To V" I get the description I want in three keystrokes. With the new begins with search I'll be back to typing "Contribute To V" to get what I want. There is always a trade off somewhere it would seem.
Jack -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dustin Henning Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GNC] GnuCash 5.3 autofill headaches And it's worse. Guess I REALLY should have read the release notes. Now notes doesn't autofiill the old way anyymore so I have to manually type even more. My search still isn't begins with, either, so my list is still extremely long. I guess maybe they missed that on Mac. At least everybody else is happy with the improvements. I'm used to being an outlier, so it is what it is. On 6/29/23 10:02 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Yes, they switched to a 'begins with' search. (release notes are your > friend - they are always posted on the website and here on the mailing > list in the release announcement) > > Since the list also shows more recent descriptions first, it is now > like 4.x, but instead of only giving you an auto-fill of the last used > similar description, you get more choices. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 6/28/23 4:00 PM, Dustin Henning wrote: >> Sounds like a good enouh reason to take the leap. Do not fill is >> presumably the opposite of what I want, but if it shortened the list, >> it probably did so by filtering using a "begins with" type filter, >> which would at least help a little. The problem with "keep typing to >> narrow it down" is I'm suddenly typing 10+ characters where 2 or 3 >> would have been enough before, but that doesn't mean the new method >> can't have improved. Thanks for the tips. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists/ > .gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C01%7C%7C8c7 > d74eb97da4a8def5908db78b78ac2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7 > C0%7C638236501930329149%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLC > JQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6Go > VGA0bXKRA91O6O0sRrQWdLIJkC2F2e1vSUHH7G%2F0%3D&reserved=0 > ----- > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
