GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 476792
RFE: 'Delete Split' Action
Last modified: 2018-06-29 21:49:36 UTC
In Win GUI it seems impossible to delete an entry that has been placed in a split, once the cursor has gone to the next item in the split eg I've put 3 items in the split and want to remove one and adjust another this seems impossible to do. I would have thought that right-click the line would give the option of line delete but not so. There is nothing within help to suggest that this is possible either.
Just remove/blank all the fields of the split/line and switch to another split; it will disappear.
Close because probably cause input fields acting up funny yesterday in GNUcash. Will reopen if issue re-appears.
Reopening; I think it's a valid enhancement request to have a "Delete this split" UI action.
Yes, now I agree - when you go to enter a new transaction, and it is remembered as a split item, all the fields are filled in which is not a bad thing, only you cannot edit those fields without upsetting the balance. Expected performance with autofill is that it retains your original amount, but allows you to edit or remove individual items within the split.
(In reply to comment #4) > Yes, now I agree - when you go to enter a new transaction, and it is remembered > as a split item, all the fields are filled in which is not a bad thing, only > you cannot edit those fields without upsetting the balance. Expected > performance with autofill is that it retains your original amount, but allows > you to edit or remove individual items within the split. Well, I have this exact use case about 2-dozen times a week. Using the keyboard to edit the split list by manually blanking the fields isn't too bad, but it'd be faster if there was a keyboard shortcut to do it. As such, I'm re-summarizing this as [the Gtk notion of] "Action", rather than "menu item" per se. Though of course that Action should be mapped to a menu item, too.
Josh can you clarify what you mean by 'manually blanking the fields' - is it the remove splits option?
I mean selecting the num, memo, transfer/account, credit and debit cells and making sure they contain nothing, and are blank. At that point, "tabbing off" the end of the row (or using the up/down arrow keys or mouse) to change to another split will delete the blank one from the transaction.
Created attachment 95619 [details] Impossible to remove unwanted line Imbalance-NZD
(In reply to comment #8) > Created an attachment (id=95619) [edit] > Impossible to remove unwanted line Imbalance-NZD What's impossible to remove about it? Tab over to Transfer/account column. The account name should be selected; if not do so. Hit Delete or Backspace. Hit tab four more times, or either up/down. It will go away.
Josh, it WAS impossible, now it works. I have been finding that some things work sometimes then other times not. There is something in the field conditional coding that is causing entry glitches under certain conditions which I havent been able to nail yet what the conditions are.
To prove it; look again at the graphic, you will see there is only one item in the row. It was impossible to delete the imbalance item text at that stage.
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