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[GH-ISSUE #4602] [Feature] Category picker selectively show hidden categories when searching #27751
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Originally created by @youngcw on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/4602
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Sometimes a hidden category is the proper category to assign a transaction to. Currently you have to go back to the budget, unhide the category, go back to the account, then add the category to the transaction.
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It would be nice if the category picker would show hidden categories if there are few to no non-hidden categories matching the search.
For example if there are no matches to your search hidden categories will start to show up as a option
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025):
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@Teprifer commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025):
I believe this has come up before and it was decided not too. One of the key points is it would create issues for the envelope budget by allowing negative categories that weren't visible and so the budget couldn't be trusted.
@youngcw commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025):
The envelope budget will include those in the totals, so the totals are still correct.
The tracking budget is where it would likely get the most use.
@Teprifer commented on GitHub (Mar 11, 2025):
This is technically correct, but it leads to confusion about why the numbers don't appear to add up. It's a reasonably common question in discord already.
It also misses the point that category balances are what is used, not the overall balance. But these can't be trusted when there's an unknown negative category.
Typically only new users will check the total matches up. Once in regular use the category balances are referred to, because they can be trusted.
I don't think we should encourage situations leading to an evelope budget that can't be trusted because information is hidden. Users should be able to look down their budget page as is and see anything that needs attention.