Thanks for the info. Problem solved Geoff Loats
On Thu, 10 July 2025, 11:20 Mike Brady, <[email protected]> wrote: > Autofill usually allows you to enter a transaction description without > editing. It's at the top of the pick list. Doing that should avoid > generating the splits if the last time the description was used there > were splits. Another alternative I've found is, before entering any > numbers for the transaction, to right-click then "remove all splits" > from that popup menu; that makes it a simple transaction. Don't know > if/where that's documented, but I found it by trial and error. Same > behavior in 5.11 and 5.12 in Windows 11 and Linux Mint. > > -Mike B > > On 7/9/2025 8:34, [email protected] > [email protected] wrote: > > 8. Re: Split Transactions ([email protected]) > > > > Autofill has *always* duplicated all splits in a memorized > > transaction, which is what OP is displeased with. In other words, if I > > have a transaction with the description "My Complicated Transaction" > > with 17 entries on it, the next time I start typing "My ", it will > > duplicate all 17 previous entries with their amounts. OP doesn't want > > the duplication, but unfortunately, that's not how that feature works. > > ?David T.? On Jul 9, 2025, 9:13?AM, at 9:13?AM, Michael or Penny > > Novack via gnucash-user <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7/9/2025 3:35 AM, Geoffry Loats wrote: > >>> I find that when I enter split transactions rather than a fresh > >> split, I > >>> get a previous split transaction with numerous lines when all I want > >> is a > >>> new one. > >>> Is there anyway to fix this? > >>> > >> I have never seen behavior anything like that. > >> > >> Describe the process you are using to enter a new "split" transaction. > >> Start from the first step. For example (it might be) enter the account > >> of ONE of the accounts of the split just as if not a "split > >> transaction". But instead of entering a second account, hit "split". > >> > >> Michael D Novack > >> > >> PS: If my example first step NOT what you are doing. might be the > >> problem > >> > >> PPS: Unless you have chosen "Journal Mode" for entering all > >> transactions, split, or not > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
