From the OS perspective having to enter the same dollar amount multiple times is same as repeated text. On 4.14 version of GNC, I simply use the down arrow key to move to the same column of the next entry of the split view, and the nice thing is that whatever is in that field is already selected for you so if you just simply paste it then it will overwrite it. You can likely automate this whole thing using AutoHotKey or something similar (MS PoertToys or better yet Microsoft Power Automate comes to mind).
So you can automate your workflow doing something similar by first opening the entry, type the value, and then press the hot key to execute the macro which selects the text in the column, goes down one column, paste, moves on, etc., ... Learning to automate this way is likely going to be of future proofing yourself as now you are not limited by GNC way of doing things … From: R Losey <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 5:10 PM To: Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GNC] Ease of entry Noted. Thanks. This isn't the case of any repeated text. Most things are the same, but I'm having to enter the same dollar amount multiple times, and I was hoping to be able to get around this. I knew that in a scheduled transaction, one can use variables; I wasn't sure if variables could be used in regular data entry. On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM Kalpesh Patel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Whenever I need repeated text in Windows, I tend to type it into Notepad, capture it to clipboard buffer and use shift-insert to paste away ... Just to answer OP, GNC does not have any built in facility to automate as such. You'll need help from the OS facilities for such needs, which have been mentioned by various folks. YMMV based on the workflow you adopt. -----Original Message----- From: Sherlock <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 12:47 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [GNC] Ease of entry Hi Richard, Assuming you're still using Windows, I suggest you consider using AutoHotkey. Mapping a hotkey to copy the amount entered in a field, and then tab over and paste the amount 3 times should be straight forward. See https://www.autohotkey.com/ Regards, Sherlock On 1/9/26 2:44 PM, R Losey wrote: > Greetings, all. > > I have multiple occasions in which I have a 4-way spilt - all of the > amounts are the same and I'm finding it tedious to enter the same > number four times. > > I know GnuCash has variables, but I think they only work for Scheduled > Transactions. > > Is there a way to make the data entry easier? Perhaps (if not using a > variable), a keyboard shortcut? > > Thanks to the maintainers for a great program! > Thanks to the people in this group, from whom I have learned much! > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[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. -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
