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Level 7
January 19, 2019
Question

Quickbooks Online Drop down boxes not working. when I write checks to vendors. Vendor list will not populate, chart of accounts will not populate. using Windows 10 Home.

  • January 19, 2019
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January 21, 2019

A cache issue can affect the browser's behavior, juliec.

 

Let's perform a few troubleshooting steps to check if the drop-down boxes will work.

 

First, you can use the private window and check if it works. If it does, you can go back to the main browser and clear the cache. Also, you can use different browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Internet Explorer. 

 

Let me know how it goes.

January 19, 2020

I’m having the same issue

i have followed the steps you have listed and it has not resolved 

January 16, 2021

Exact same issue....started 2 weeks ago.  Cleared the cache, no difference at all.

December 16, 2020

I am having a similar issue in the bank feed. The drop down menu for the Tax used to allow me to type in and it would populate as I type, but now I need to scroll down all the different tax items to select the one I need. 

MaryLandT
Level 10
December 16, 2020

Thanks for joining this thread, krys bods.

 

I can see that you're using a different region of QuickBooks Online. However, I've tried to replicate by typing in and the system automatically populates a list of taxes on the Banking page. See the attached screenshot below for your visual guide.

 

 

 

If you've already cleared the browser's cache and cookies, you can use other supported browsers to isolate the issue. You can refer to this link to know what computer and browser you need: System requirements for QuickBooks Online, Accountant, and QuickBooks Self-Employed.

 

If the same issue persists, I recommend contacting our QuickBooks Online Support Team. This way, they can create a case and send it to our Product Team for further investigation.

 

Here's how to get in touch with them:

 

  1. Sign in to your QuickBooks Online company.
  2. Select Help (?) at the top right.
  3. Enter your concern, then select Let's talk.
  4. Select Contact Us to connect with a live support agent.
  5. Choose a way to connect with us:
    • Start a chat with a support expert.
    • Get a callback from the next available expert.

Keep me posted if there's anything else you need by commenting below. I'll be around to help you.

May 18, 2023

I have tried customer support on this issue several times. Never have they identified a fix. Please do not recommend contacting customer support unless you know that a fix has been identified. It is extremely time consuming to get to the issue with them.

 

January 16, 2021

Does anyone have the fix for this? I have lost my vendor and customer list in the middle of year end processing on a very tight deadline.

 

I can not make journal entries. I can not enter invoices. I can access some entries in the lists but not others. In some cases I get the vendor list when I should be seeing the customer list.

 

It hit in the middle of a session and dumping cache and changing browsers does nothing.

February 25, 2021

has a solution been found for this issue? i'm having the same problem on one pc and not on another - very strange

IamjuViel
Level 8
February 25, 2021

Hello, @orestys.

 

I'm here to guide you in performing some troubleshooting steps so you'd be able to write checks and navigate around QuickBooks successfully.

 

If you're using the QuickBooks Online desktop app, we can start by resetting the app's data. Here's how:

  1. Click Help at the top.
  2. Selecting Reset App Data.
  3. Then, close and re-open the app and try signing in again.

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If it still doesn't make a difference, you can uninstall and reinstall the app. You can read through this article for the detailed steps: QuickBooks App for Windows and Mac: General support.

 

Also, you can try accessing your account using a private browsing or incognito window. This way, you'd be able to isolate this unexpected behavior. You can use any of these keyboard shortcuts:

  • For Chrome press Ctrl+Shift+N.
  • For Firefox, press Ctrl+Shift+P
  • For Safari, hold down Command+Shift+N.

Once you're able to logged in, you can try creating a check again. If it works, you'd want to clear the cache of your regular browser. Also, you can use a different supported browser. Lastly, to ensure that the browser and system are optimally configured for QuickBooks, you can run the Browser Health Checkup tool.

 

You can always get back to me if there's anything else you need with QuickBooks App. I'll be around to help.

February 25, 2021

This is for the web version online (not the desktop). 

March 22, 2021

Hi! I do believe I found a solution, at least in our case. I have a user who is using her Google account to log in to her QBO account. However, her Chrome browser has two saved Google accounts that she uses regularly to login to other sites. The second Google account is also tied to a user in our QBO account.

 

Long story short, I tried having her log into her QBO account via Google in an Incognito window. The dropdowns came back. So this pointed to some kind of authentication mismatch. Back in her regular browser session, I cleared all cookies then had her log in with her *INTUIT* username and password, NOT the Google login. Her dropdowns were back.

 

Straightforward Solution:

  1. Clear all cookies (this will log you out of most sites so make sure passwords are remembered/saved)
  2. Log in to QBO with Intuit username and password, NOT Google login
  3. Dropdowns should populate again
April 29, 2021

I have the same problem. I have tried two computers (iMac, MacBook Pro), three browsers (Safari, Firefox, Chrome). I have cleared the cache. I have cleared the history. I have restarted the computer. I note that the only dropdown menu that will not populate is the sub-client list when creating a new client.

 

I have attempted to chat with a human. There is a 30 minutes wait.

April 29, 2021

OK, now I am really irritated. I spent 90 minutes on a chat. After asking pointless questions that I had already answer, the QB employee said "Thank you for waiting. As per checking here, your name is not listed on the account. You will need to have the primary contact reach us back for further assistance." 

I am the sole owner of my business. I am the only contact there is. This was a total BS excuse to simply cut me off after an hour and a half of doing nothing. 

This is the last straw. I am switching got Freshbooks.

Level 4
April 29, 2021

Hi, Ron92.

 

At this time, we have on-going investigation about the issue you're having. Rest assured, our product engineers are actively working for a permanent fix. Please provide the INV-53305 to our representative so they can add your account and email to the notification list of affected users.

  1. Sign in to your QuickBooks Online company.
  2. Select Help (?) at the top right.
  3. Select or type Contact Us.
  4. Enter your concern, then select Let's talk.
  5. Choose a way to connect with us.  
  • Ask the community to get help from businesses like yours.
  • Start a chat with a support expert.

Here's an article for more information that can help you in managing vendors' and customer's transactions in Quickbooks Online: How to Manage Your Vendors List: Adding, Editing, & Removing.

 

Keep me posted about this concern. I’m here to listen and help as much as I can. Take care.       

 

January 31, 2023

I realize the original post was written a couple of years ago but the problem is back.  Pull down menus not working on bills, invoices and bill payments. Virtually every pull down menu is only working intermittently and on the last day of the month - it is the last thing anyone needs!

It is not cache related, so please dont' even go there. Maybe the engineers need to clear their cache? I don't know, but I have QBO Canada, US and UK. I haven't experienced this in UK, although I haven't been in there much recently. Would appreciate it if qbo could do something about this, I have no time to sit on hold and speak to a customer service rep. Thank you

February 22, 2023

susan3rd, I'm glad you mentioned this because I'm having the exact same problem. The timing is almost exact too. I believe it was 3 weeks ago when I started noticing the pulldown menus are no longer working. When I try to access an invoice, enter an expense, etc. they don't work. I'm using Chrome and when I go into incognito mode, everything works fine. I've already cleared cache and that didn't help. Something must be wrong on the QBO application layer if we both had an issue occur at the same time like this.

February 23, 2023

Thank you!

Something is definitely wrong, you are lucky you manage to get the menus working in incognito mode, I am not that lucky.  It is very disappoiniting when you know other people are experiencing the same issues yet 'technical support' is completely unaware of it and wants to work through it with you for a couple of hours. I don't have a couple of hours, and if I hear 'clear your cache' one more time......
My cache is clear, I do every 'standard' thing befoe reaching out and it's not happening to all my QBO versions. I think it might save all of us some time if they just said they were aware of the issue and are working on it.
Thank you for confirming it's not just me 🙂