Tom, As I understand it, the register is built technically to display *splits* for an account, rather than *transactions.* A change of the type you're requesting would entail a fundamental rewrite of the core application. That won't happen.
It would be prudent to look for another way to accomplish your purpose. I would ask why you need to track costs at such a high level of detail? David T. On Aug 24, 2025, 3:03 AM, at 3:03 AM, Tom Route-36 <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi David's (C and T), > >Thanks for both your inputs on this, and your detailed explanations and > >testing. I do appreciate it. I think I'll have to agree that the most > >practical fix for me at this point is to just set my default view to >Transaction Journal. I'm not really thrilled with that as a solution, >having to scroll thru those long detailed split transactions; but at >least with the Transaction Journal view I'll be back to having just one > >single transaction in the other account rather than all those multiple >transactions, which gets really confusing really fast. > >Separately though, I think I'll also try reporting this as a kind-of-a >bug -- at least in the way that the info is being displayed to the >user. > Perhaps if it's not considered a true bug, maybe the developers could >consider the issue an enhancement or feature request. Using the >Transaction Journal mode would actually be okay; but it would be nice >if >the user had the OPTION to view the registers in that mode with each >transaction COLLAPSED INTO A SINGLE LINE, at least in the way that it's > >displayed. > >Anyway, thanks again for your feedback and help. > >Tom > > >On 8/23/2025 8:54 PM, David Cousens wrote: >> David T, >> >> I had realized that was the case. I setup a test transaction with 2-3 >> entries and verified that what Tom was seeing happened as he had >> described it. It is not a bug in the sense that the recorded >> information is incorrect, more that it maybe could be clearer. >> >> On Sat, 2025-08-23 at 22:00 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >>> David C., >>> >>> He is seeing 17 transactions in Groceries because he's entered 17 >>> separate splits for the Groceries account. As you note, if he were >to >>> change to Transaction Journal mode, he wouldn't see it as 17 >entries, >>> but one multi split transaction. >>> >>> Tom, that's your fix. GnuCash has always rendered splits this way, >>> and I don't expect that will change any time soon. So, set your >>> default view to Transaction Journal, or settle for entering less >>> detail into GnuCash generally. >>> >>> David T. >>> On Aug 23, 2025, at 9:50 PM, David Cousens ><[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Tom >>>> This is an artefact of the View mode selectable with the View- >>>>> (Basic >>>> Ledger, Auto-Split Transaction, Transaction Journal) menu item >>>> while >>>> the register is selected (also Edit->Preferences->Regiter Default >>>> settings). >>>> In Transaction Journal mode the transaction is displayed as a >>>> single >>>> transaction with the splits as you would expect. >>>> >>>> In Basic Ledger mode, and Auto-Split mode only a single line is >>>> displayed for the transaction. At present to show all the entries >>>> to >>>> that account, GnuCash does not display the sum of all splits >>>> against >>>> that line for the transaction but displays each split as though it >>>> were >>>> a separate transaction and similarly in the Auto-Split ledger mode >>>> where you will notice that the total for each split as a single >>>> line is >>>> only the value of the split. >>>> >>>> When you open the transaction in Auto-Split mode you will see that >>>> the >>>> transaction total now displays as the sum of the splits and each >>>> split >>>> is listed. You can open the transaction from any of the single line >>>> displays of the splits, but it is the same transaction being opened >>>> from any of the splits belonging to that transaction, so the >>>> transaction is not recorded multiple times although it may appear >>>> to >>>> be. >>>> >>>> It may be possible that this could be fixed to display the total of >>>> the >>>> transaction splits in the Basic Ledger mode and Auto-Split in >>>> single >>>> line mode and not display the individual splits on separate lines >>>> and >>>> similarly in the Auto-Split mode. >>>> >>>> If you report this as a bug (see >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Bugzilla >>>> ) there is a much higher chance of it being addressed by one of the >>>> developers, however it may also be a result of the way the >>>> underlying >>>> GTK library used for the GnuCash register display works in which >>>> case >>>> it may be much harder to program to do this as you would like. That >>>> is >>>> a likely explanation for the way it is currently working. >>>> >>>> On Sat, 2025-08-23 at 18:27 -0600, Tom Route-36 wrote: >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> I'm still new and learning my way around GnuCash; but I'm >>>>> noticing an >>>>> annoying behavior. When I record a transaction I put a LOT of >>>>> detail >>>>> into the recording of that transaction. For example, let's say >>>>> I >>>>> bought >>>>> a large quantity of groceries at a particular grocery store and >>>>> charged >>>>> it to a credit card. For the example here, let's say it was 17 >>>>> grocery >>>>> items on a single credit card transaction, and the total charge >>>>> came >>>>> to >>>>> $136.00. >>>>> >>>>> When I record this $136.00 transaction in GnuCash, the credit >>>>> card >>>>> account will have a single transaction consisting of 17 splits, >>>>> where >>>>> each split documents the description (in each Memo field) and >>>>> the >>>>> cost >>>>> of each of those 17 items. And all 17 split items get recorded >>>>> into >>>>> my >>>>> Expenses:Groceries account. >>>>> >>>>> In the credit card account all looks normal the way I expect it >>>>> to >>>>> be. >>>>> It's a single transaction with 17 SPLITS, each split going to >>>>> the >>>>> Expenses:Groceries account. But when I jump to the >>>>> Expenses:Groceries >>>>> account, there I see 17 SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL TRANSACTIONS -- all >>>>> with >>>>> the >>>>> same date, and all with the identical set of 17 splits. The >>>>> only >>>>> thing >>>>> different among these 17 separate transactions is that the >>>>> Expense >>>>> column amount of each transaction shows the amount of each >>>>> individual >>>>> split line entry. That is not at all what I expect. >>>>> >>>>> What I would expect to see in the Expenses:Groceries account is >>>>> also >>>>> a >>>>> SINGLE transaction, just like I entered in the credit card >>>>> account. >>>>> And >>>>> I would expect that that single transaction would have 17 splits >>>>> in >>>>> it >>>>> documenting each of the 17 grocery items and amounts the same as >>>>> it >>>>> appears in my credit card account. Why is that not happening? >>>>> And >>>>> is >>>>> there some setting or option in GnuCash to change that behavior? >>>>> >>>>> Tom >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. >> _______________________________________________ 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. 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