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Posted by John Pollard on February 17, 2007, 1:31 pm
Please log in for more thread options charles wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:45:32 GMT, "John Pollard"
>
>> charles wrote:
>>> When entering a transaction in the register and I get
>>> down to entering a category, the popup list comes up and
>>> fills in a transfer item rather than a category item and
>>> I have to go back to the beginning of the item and erase
>>> the leading [ before I can enter the correct category.
>>>
>>> The popup list seems sorted with the transfers at the
>>> top so you have to scroll down to get where you want to
>>> be. I haven't found any setting the orders a preference
>>> for this.
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how to get it to fill a category
>>> before a transfer?
>>
>> Memorize a transaction for that payee with the correct
>> category?
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I guess that would work in a
> limited set of transactions but doesn't really solve the
> problem.
>
> Why the program behavior was changed seems very bizarre.
> If I start typing in a category name it inserts the [ to
> match a transfer account rather than the category I was
> typing so I have to type another 3 characters back and
> forth to get to where I was before.
> I've never seen this in any previous version.
Been that way since at least Q2005. Most recently used
categories for payee are at the top of the list. I doubt there's
any way to make it work perfectly for every user for every
transaction.
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John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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