Stan, Odd. My comments regarding transaction change pop ups come directly from the same R column scenario-- but in my case, I'd be asked every time before GnuCash made the actual change. I set it not to ask any more, so that I could more quickly go from transaction to transaction. So, for me, the move from txn to txn commits, not reverts.
As I said, odd. David T. On Oct 8, 2025, 10:08 PM, at 10:08 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" <[email protected]> wrote: >I think we have a bit of apples and oranges going on here. The original >question, if I recall correctly, was about how to revert unintended >typing in an existing transaction. We seem to have shifted now to >talking about creating new transactions. I'm not surprised that the two >behave differently. > >Just for the record, I noticed some time ago that clicking on the "n" >in >the R[econciliation] column of a register would change it to a "c", but >if I then clicked the "n" in the next transaction the new "c" would >change back to an "n". (I'm not talking about the dedicated >Reconciliation window, but an account register in Basic view.) It's >necessary to commit the transaction first to save the change to the R >column. When Gyle posted the query I then verified that any change to >the fields description or account or amount would also either revert >silently or pop up a dialog if I simply clicked on a different >transaction. > >That said, I now think it's simplest to follow the rule "hit Enter to >commit the changes to the transaction; click Cancel to revert them." >Just for fun I tried deleting a split in the General Journal, then >clicking Cancel. The deleted split was restored, as I had hoped. > >Stan Brown >Tehachapi, CA, USA >https://BrownMath.com > >On 2025-10-07 22:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote: >> I just tested this on 5.12 with a detailed auto-filled transaction, >> making test edits and clicking into another transaction. >> >> I deleted the memo, account, and amount from a split line but didn't >use >> the 'delete split' function. >> >> The result was deleting the split, with an added one to the Imbalance >> account for the missing amount. (the auto-fill transaction was >balanced) >> >> Removing any combination of Memo/Account/Amount but not all three, >> resulted in the changes being reverted. >> >> In each test, clicking into a different transaction *committed* the >> improperly edited one. It did not go away. >> >> The only way to do that is either let it commit and delete it, or use >> Transaction > Cancel Transaction or the Cancel button. > >_______________________________________________ >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.
