Hi, I have just added a patch to this bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101456
It may still be improved, but the current implementation works quite well already. I spent way more time than I should on getting this done (and thanks Derek for your patience with me on IRC :) Although I have done some coding in the past, this was my first experience with autotools, gnome, gtk, gobject and GnuCash. So my learning curve was steep :) Anyway, the patch is there, feedback is appreciated. What it does: It allows one to enter a Vendor/Job/Employee/Invoice/... directly into the appropriate text entry widget, optionally selecting an autocompletion value when they pop up. This way you can in many cases avoid to use the search dialog for the same thing. Things that could still be improved: * Limit the autocompletion list to active objects only * For invoices/bills: only show the relevant ones. Currently both bills and invoices are listed at all times. At first glance this can only be done with some major refactoring of the invoice qof object, so it would definitly be something for a later revision. * Dynamic autocompletion list generation. This can be considered if there are performance issues with generating the list statically beforehand. I don't notice significant performance problems on my books, but that could be different for others. * Autocomplete the value in the text entry widget while typing. I do not intend to implement these extras right away, unless the devs consider this patch incomplete without one of them. The patch works fairly ok as it is right now. Considering this is an outstanding annoyance since 2002, I hope it can get included as is in the 2.4 release. Regards, Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
