I haven't seen this option in action yet myself but if it is never automatically selected when it does appear, I don't see any harm for it to be there for someone who could use it.
David Carlson On Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 3:46 PM David H <[email protected]> wrote: > It's a NO from me. When I reconcile my approx 10 credit card / mortgage / > savings accounts / superannuation accounts I'm always reconciling to a > monthly / annual statement and I rarely have issues. The > reconciliation window pops up and shows all relevant transactions including > the uncleared transactions and it's not difficult to do the actual > reconciliation. Being the type of person that enters transactions daily > as they occur and logs on to 4 different banks and a superannuation fund > each morning to check balances and enter the odd missing transaction my > accounts are generally right up to date and accurate :-) > > Frankly until today I wasn't even aware there was an AutoClear menu item > under "Actions" and after using GnuCash for nigh on 15 years can't think of > a use case that is relevant in my situation. > > I also agree with the comment that if you are going to remove the choice > from users as to whether a function is optional or not you should provide a > preference to turn it off and on - even if as has been suggested you aren't > likely to see this popup if you don't have uncleared transactions. A quick > scan down the list of transactions in the reconcile window shows me which > transactions aren't marked as cleared and is all I need. > > Anyway bottom line NOT something I'm interested in or want to use. > > This is a bit like the AutoComplete function that from memory also doesn't > have an option to disable - 99 times out of 100 I end up pressing Esc to > cancel as it's not quite what I want. > > Cheers David H. > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 at 18:05, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:26:34 -0600 > > Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This feature is baffling. > > > > > > Reconciliation isn't a math problem. It isn't just checking off *any* > > > combination of transactions that get you from Starting to Ending > > > balance, it is an audit to mark *specific* transactions that cleared > > > the account. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Adrien > > > > > > +1 > > > > Liz > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
