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Bug 172003 - Auto-complete feature should use most recent previous entry, not latest entry
Auto-complete feature should use most recent previous entry, not latest entry
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Register
unspecified
Other All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: David Hampton
Chris Shoemaker
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-03-29 17:12 UTC by Julian Gilbey
Modified: 2018-06-29 20:51 UTC
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Description Julian Gilbey 2005-03-29 17:12:37 UTC 
If I add a transaction dated, say, 1/1/05, and the auto-complete feature
recognises the description I have entered, it will use the most recent entry
with that description, even if it is dated later than 1/1/05 and there is an
entry with the same description dated prior to 1/1/05.  I think it would make
more sense to autocomplete with the latest entry dated prior to 1/1/05, and if
there is none, then to use the latest entry in the entire account.

Other information:
Comment 1 Chris Shoemaker 2006-03-20 18:45:47 UTC 
I understand what you're saying, but I'm not convinced that one behavior is clearly better than the other.  If it behaved as you describe, I could easily imagine someone else filing a bug saying that it should use the most recent entry overall, not just before the transaction date.

As such, I'm reclassifying this as an RFE for a preference option on the register component.
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2006-09-13 13:09:31 UTC 
Is this still a problem with 2.0.x versions of gnucash?
Comment 3 Julian Gilbey 2006-09-13 20:36:14 UTC 
The original point does, indeed, remain; it's not so much a problem now as a RFE, as noted by Chris Shoemaker.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 20:51:04 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. The new URL for this bug is https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=172003. Please continue processing the bug there and please update any external references or bookmarks.