remove specific split line

[jomali]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:07 PM, <bugreport19621012 at fastmail.fm> wrote:

>
> Thank you for your replies. But neither of the solutions appears to work on
> my MacBook Pro.
>
> (1) I deleted all the data from the unwanted split line. I saved the
> transaction (by hitting enter repeatedly until the cursor had entered a
> different transaction and the transaction in question had no longer shown
> its split). Then I re-opened that transaction's splits by clicking the
> "split" button at the top of the GnuCash window. The blank split line was
> still there.
>
> I also closed down GnuCash and reopened it. When I went back to this
> transaction and clicked on the split, the blank split line was still
> there.
>
> (2) I also tried using the "delete" button and variations on that
> tactic. I placed the cursor on that line and hit "delete." I hit command
> delete, fn delete, control delete, and option delete. Nothing happened. I
> also right-clicked the line and as you see from the screen shot, there is no
> option for deleting the split line, only the entire transaction.
>
> In fact, I did try the option "delete transaction,"
> hoping it might merely delete the single blank split line. But nothing
> happened. It did not even delete the transaction.
>
> Any idea what's up?
>

Sure. Looking at your  screen shot, the insertion point is in the blank line
that is shown in every split transaction as a placeholder for the next split
(if any) you might enter. Unless you enter something in it, it does not have
any effect on what is saved to the database. It is a feature of the GUI.

>
> Jake
>
> <snip>