Feature Request: Default date for transaction list filtering is current month

[klejejs]

Describe the bug
By default, the date in the transaction list filter is the first day of the current month. This makes it hard to search for transactions that are a few months or years old.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Go to 'Transactions'
2. See the default filter date is the first day of the current month

Expected behavior
In my opinion, it does not make much sense to have any default date for filter and it would be better to have the default value undefined as it is for other filters.

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Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: iPhone 14 Pro
• OS: iOS 17.4
• Version: 0.16.0

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[victorbalssa]

Hey @klejejs,

I've put this default date (from) filter because my FireflyIII instance has more than 15k transactions and without a from date the latency for the search endpoint is >10 seconds.

Can you try to set a date like 10 years ago and check what's your latency (without any other filters)?

Thanks

[klejejs]

@victorbalssa thanks for chefking up on this!

I am not sure how many transactions I have but it's about 10 years and I think quite a few. For me, the search delay was only max 2 seconds when searching the whole archive, so I personally would not see such a delay in the app.

[klejejs]

@victorbalssa have you had any chance to consider this? For now, I always keep setting the date some 10 years back manually whenever I want to search for a specific transaction.

[victorbalssa]

OK. I'm very busy atm but I keep my notes updated with every request 👍🏻 I will clear this "from" date.