On 11/25/25 01:22, Tom Route36 wrote:
Hi. I'm still learning my way around GnuCash; so forgive this
beginner question. When I go to enter a new transaction into a
register and what I am entering into the Description field matches an
earlier transaction, GnuCash will automatically fill in the amount and
the split details exactly as it was recorded previously for that
earlier transaction.
For example, let's say my earlier transaction had the Description
"Walmart - Sacramento" with a Tot Charge amount of $154.26, and the
Split consisted of 9 entries. If a couple weeks later I go to enter a
new transaction with the same Description ("Walmart - Sacramento") and
I hit the Tab key to type in whatever new Tot Charge amount I want to
record, what happens is that GnuCash will automatically fill-in that
same earlier $154.26 amount before I have any chance to enter my new
Tot Charge amount. Worse yet, it fills in the 9 Split entries for the
new transaction to match that earlier transaction as well.
Not only is this annoying; but GnuCash gets bogged down and slows my
system down while it tries to recall the Split details of that earlier
transaction. Is there a preference setting somewhere to stop GnuCash
from trying to AutoComplete my new transactions with the details of my
earlier transactions?
1. Pick the "Don't Autocomplete" option.
2. Change the description slightly so it doesn't match. You might use
this to your advantage if you have a few common sets of splits (forget
the amounts -- they'll never match).
3. Accept that you'll have to delete some lines and enter new ones.
That still might be faster than entering everything from scratch.
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