Thanks for your response Patrick On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM Patrick James via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote:
> If you want to differentiate between a deposit and withdrawal at the point > of description autofill, one potential workaround would be to use separate > descriptions for the deposit versus withdrawal. > > For example: > > XYZ - Deposit > > XYZ - Withdrawal > > That won't guarantee that the direction you want is on top, but it will > allow you to quickly identify what you need, and then select accordingly. > > I have found that it doesn't really matter which direction, as I just > correct the autofilled suggested entry to what I need. > > To the commentary of "time waster," I cannot speak for your personal > situation, your workflow, but what I can say is that many people have > reported that the autofill feature is a "time saver." If we took the sum of > all the "time saved" and subtracted all the sum of all the "time wasted," I > would bet that the total "time saved" is greater, thus the autofill feature > is a time saver when averaged over all users. > > > > On 02/07/2026 9:59 AM PST Phyllis Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I know we've been through this before about ALL transactions (now, just > > most recent) showing in the auto fill list. That was bad enough. Now I > am > > constantly having to watch which account is presented on top! For > > instance, if I post a new transaction to someone I recently PAID, my > > checking account is on top, indicating a withdrawal. That is where it > > should be when I'm in my checking account. > > However, if that same entity sent ME money (income item in my checking > > account), the checking account is on the bottom! > > > > This is such a time waster! Am I totally in left field? > _______________________________________________ > 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.
