I used to get Categories shown in the New Transaction as it appears in Organize Categories. However now what I get is a list with no category headings and the whole list as a flat list.
So if I used to have Automotive heading with sub categories of petrol, insurance, tax etc, it is now shown as a single list automotive petrol, automotive insurance, automotive tax etc
When entering a transaction you could type the first letter and it would step through the sub categories until you hit on the correct entry, now it no longer lets you do that.
I thought this was a bug to be fixed later when I started getting it on version around 1.5.16, but I still have the same on the latest version.
Is this supposed to be a new feature, because if it is it sucks, or is it a bug.
I always remove the older version before installing the latest version of mmex.
[SOLVED] Categories Incorrectly Shown in Transaction Entry
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[SOLVED] Categories Incorrectly Shown in Transaction Entry
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Re: Categories Incorrectly Shown in Transaction Entry
You can get the old behaviour (popping up a dialog) by hitting return on an empty category box, same applies to payee.
There are enhancement requests for improving the quick selection of category/sub-category selection, e.g. https://github.com/moneymanagerex/money ... ssues/4247
There are enhancement requests for improving the quick selection of category/sub-category selection, e.g. https://github.com/moneymanagerex/money ... ssues/4247
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Re: Categories Incorrectly Shown in Transaction Entry
Thanks for the info. I much prefer the old way.
As for any update, wildcard searches are sometimes clunky and not what you want, unless it derives a sub index of all entries with the letters in the search. Even then you would need to allow a search of the sub indexed search, unlike most search indexes which make you start from scratch.
As for any update, wildcard searches are sometimes clunky and not what you want, unless it derives a sub index of all entries with the letters in the search. Even then you would need to allow a search of the sub indexed search, unlike most search indexes which make you start from scratch.