GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 611768
Cannot edit Note field of reconciled transaction
Last modified: 2018-06-29 22:36:03 UTC
Once a transaction has been reconciled using Actions --> Reconcile..., you can go back and edit a split memo and account, but you cannot change the transaction Note (the field immediately below the Description field in the Double Line register). The transaction Description is protected from changes and that seems good and of course the transaction memo, account and amount that are bound to that bank or credit card's register should be protected, but I think you SHOULD be able to edit the Notes field. For example I may have a transaction that, when I was reconciling the amount I thought I had lost the receipt, so I created a new transaction based on the amount on the statement and put "missing receipt" in the Note field. Later I found the missing receipt, but now I cannot edit the Notes field to reflect the actual content of the item. I first noticed this behavior in 2.2.9 and I verified it still works the same way in 2.3.10. Let me know if there is a logical reason to prevent this field from being edited.
This is probably to late and using the trunk version when the transaction is reconciled and you then try to change a field, a pop up dialogue will be displayed that allows you to disable this warning forever or just the current session which will then allow you to update the field. There is a situation described in bug 610648 that would seem to lock it forever that you may of come across with steps to overcome it. I think this can be closed.
I think Bug 610648 covers this scenario. Closing this as obsolete as suggested.
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