Julie,
I have one idea that might partially help. I don't know of a way to
limit the number of suggestions that Autocomplete presents now. But to
stop Autocomplete from actually trying to ENTER (or "go with") one of
its suggestions you can do this:
BEFORE you start typing anything in the Description field, first arrow
down to the Notes field and type in anything there that you might want
as your note for the transaction. THEN arrow back up to the STILL BLANK
Description field and start typing. Autocomplete will still offer you
that big list of suggestions as you're typing. But since you've already
entered SOMETHING into the Notes field, Autocomplete will now only show
you suggestions for the Description field. It won't try to recall and
enter any of your previous transactions.
I know that's not a fix for what you don't like about Autocomplete; but
at least it should prevent any unintended re-entry of an earlier
transaction.
Tom
On 1/18/2026 6:05 PM, Julie Watson wrote:
I enjoyed the autocomplete function in GnuCash prior to 2025. Autocomplete
would show just one transaction, the last transaction in that account, and
that's it. Now, it finds every transaction in that account that could
possibly be related to what I am typing. It's very overwhelming, and
sometimes Autocomplete goes with one of it's suggestions instead of what
I'm typing.
My question is can I go back to having autocomplete just show one
transaction and not a whole bunch?
Best,
Julie Watson
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