Auto-populate expense fields

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Great application... one of the best out there for straight budgeting,
90% of what I need is already in the application.

That said, from a usability standpoint it becomes tedious to re-type
expense names over and over again.  For example, if I go to the same
grocery 8 times in a month, I have to type it 8 times.  This can also
lead to inconsistencies in the charting if the name is spelled
slightly differently between transactions (eg. Albertons vs.
Alberton's).  So, it would be great to have it auto-suggest against
names already used in the system.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by soichih on 13 Jun 2010 at 12:41

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Original comment by soichih on 15 Jun 2010 at 12:49

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Made where field to "auto-complete" - it uses jquery-ui's default autocomplete 
plugin - not the cool branched version. let's see if this is good enough for 
everyone.

Original comment by soichih on 19 Jun 2010 at 3:07

• Changed state: Fixed

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Hi Soichih,

We love your tool, but can't figure out how to use the auto-complete for our 
monthly expenses. We'd love to be able to set up regularly scheduled expenses, 
like how you can set up "repeat" events in i-cal. This way we don't have to 
type in every expense each month, and can just set it up so that when we copy 
over to a new page each month, our regular expenses, like "home bond" is 
automatically listed with the "where" and "amount" instantly plugged in. Is 
this possible?

Thanks for creating such an awesome tool for people like me who hate (but need 
to) budget.

Thanks,
Deborah 

Original comment by deborah....@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2010 at 9:46

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Deborah,

Thanks you for your complement! It makes me very happy to know that somebody 
likes my application.

I am not sure what exactly you mean by "can't figure out how to use the 
auto-complete". The auto-complete is simply a text field where you can select 
the value from the drop down list.

The "regularly scheduled expense" that you are mentioning, however, has nothing 
to do with the auto-complete text field. The way I deal with regularly 
scheduled expense is  to enter those items under deduction for income section. 
For example, I pay $70 for my DSL access. Since this expense occurs every 
month, I have it listed under deduction for my income. Would this work for you 
as well??

Original comment by soichih on 2 Oct 2010 at 3:00