tag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:/discussions/problems/521-autocompleting-transactions-based-on-previously-entered-descriptions-where-one-description-is-a-prefix-of-anotherInfinite Kind: Discussion 2018-10-18T13:54:39Ztag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/7148162009-12-26T18:03:39Z2011-06-06T23:43:04ZAutocompleting transactions based on previously-entered descriptions where one description is a prefix of another<div><p>I'm having the same issue.</p>
<p>Another workaround is clicking the arrows at the right of the
category field, then scrolling to the correct category.</p>
<p>But I agree, this is very annoying.</p></div>jerry_k_wagnertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/7148162009-12-26T21:44:08Z2009-12-26T21:44:08ZAutocompleting transactions based on previously-entered descriptions where one description is a prefix of another<div><p>It seems like the category and amount are filled in after you
tab off the auto-completed description. So you could try: type the
beginning of the description, Tab, Shift+Tab to go back, and edit
the description.</p></div>ljbtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/7148162009-12-26T23:42:28Z2011-06-06T23:43:05ZAutocompleting transactions based on previously-entered descriptions where one description is a prefix of another<div><p>@ljb: Thanks for the suggestion.<br>
I can Shift+Tab to go back and edit the Category, but when I tab to
a new field, or hit Enter to record the transaction, it puts the
name of the longer "category" in. (It's actually an account name it
wants to put in -- "Education IRA" -- and the real expense category
I want it to use is "Education.")</p></div>jerry_k_wagnertag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/7148162009-12-27T01:17:55Z2009-12-27T01:17:55ZAutocompleting transactions based on previously-entered descriptions where one description is a prefix of another<div><p>Are you talking about category or description? I was talking
about typing into the description. After you tab off description,
the category field and amount are filled in with the category and
amount of the auto-matched transaction. Then you back up and edit
the description, and the category and amount remain. So you get a
new transaction with the same category (and amount, unless you edit
it), but a different description. I thought that is what you were
trying to do.</p></div>ljbtag:infinitekind.tenderapp.com,2009-01-14:Comment/7148162009-12-27T03:13:43Z2011-06-06T23:43:05ZAutocompleting transactions based on previously-entered descriptions where one description is a prefix of another<div><p>Sorry for the confusion. I was talking about the Category, not
the Description. I saw the posting about the description, and added
my $0.02 to it. Similar problem, but not the same. The initial
posting was about the description.</p>
<p>I should have made the distinction more clearly in my initial
posting. (Been staring at this stuff for 3 days -- switching from
old Quicken to MD...)</p></div>jerry_k_wagner