Thanks to all feedback; the nightlies and devel list are classically appropriate discussion areas. This addition won't feature in the upcoming 5.14 release.
As expected there are valid uses for autoclear; I am happy to autoclear where appropriate, and enabling it via reconciliation would be a useful shortcut. If autoclear is presented, it means there is a unique combination of uncleared splits which can be cleared to the balance presented, and has saved a few tedious clicking. If autoclear is not presented, it means either there are ambiguous combinations (e.g. uncleared splits have +10 and -10 and it's unclear whether they should both be included or excluded, or there are amounts 2, 3, 5 and the target balance is 5), or (IMHO this is much more useful) the reconciliation balance *cannot be reached with the uncleared splits*, therefore either there's an error in data entry, or the desired reconciliation balance is incorrect. Therefore reconciliation will be much slower. To me this is very valuable information. Other options to show the algorithm are either within the initial reconcile balance dialog [1] whereby the Autoclear button is only enabled if it's available, or via a toolbar button in the double-pane reconcile view [2]. Thoughts? Either will lead to a delay when updating the reconcile information, or before showing the double pane view. [1] Reconcile information Statement date: ... Starting balance: ... Ending balance: ... [x] include subaccounts [Enter interest payment] [Cancel] [Autoclear] [OK] [2] [Balance][Edit][Reconcile selection][Unreconcile selection][Delete][Open][Finish][Postpone][Cancel][Autoclear] On Sat, 13 Dec 2025 at 06:00, David Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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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