Hi Paul, The settings in Edit -> Preferences -> Register Defaults may have some bearing too,in addition to Stan's ideas.
HTH, Maf. On Wednesday, 18 February 2026 21:36:24 GMT Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > If I understand correctly, I don't think this is a bug. I think you may > be conflating two types of "double-line" transactions. > > (1) View » Double line. This adds a line to each transaction in the > register, on which you can type Notes. (The Description field is always > available, and I confess I've never found a use for Notes.) > > (2) View » Basic Ledger / Auto-Split Ledger / Transaction Journal. > * Basic ledger shows only the splits that belong to the account in this > register. if you want to see all the splits in a transaction, click on > the transaction and then click Split in the toolbar at the top. > * Auto-Split Ledger is the same except that whenever you are in a > particular transaction all splits for that transaction are shown. > * Transaction Journal always shows all splits in every transaction in > this register, each split on a separate line. Since most transactions > contain just two splits, this can look like a "double-line mode". > > I recommend you try each of these four settings in a register of yours. > Now that you know what to look for they should make more sense. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2026-02-18 03:33, Paul Feakins via gnucash-user wrote: > > Not sure if this is the right email address to send this type of > > question to, but I'm finding that even with double-line view unchecked, > > accounts usually default to double-line view anyway meaning I have to go > > View > Double Line. > > > > Is this a bug? > > > > I'm on Kubuntu 24.04. > > > > GnuCash Version: 5.5 > > Build ID: 5.5+(2023-12-16) > > Finance::Quote: 1.59 > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
