multiple display of the same transaction

[David Carlson]

On 4/1/2012 10:06 PM, Stuart McGraw wrote:
> When a transaction that has more than one split for the 
> same account is viewed in that account's register, one 
> sees the transaction displayed multiple times.
> 
> Three cases I've encountered when this may happen (I'm 
> sure there are more):
> * The recommended way of selling stock has one enter 
>   the stock account in two splits in the same transaction.
> * To change the basis cost of a stock, such as in a spinoff
>   transaction, it is convenient to sell it and buy it back
>   at a different price in two splits in one transaction.
> * When consolidating multiple previous transactions into
>   one: eg, a "receipts" account for incoming checks.
>   When they are deposited, it is convenient to structure 
>   the deposit transaction as a split, one for each of 
>   the checks.
> 
> I find seeing multiple representations of the same 
> transaction distracting, wasteful of space, and when
> one is not awake, dangerously confusing (in that it is 
> possible to think they are two separate but duplicate
> transactions and delete one of them, with the effect 
> of deleting the one-and-only transaction.)
> 
> Would there be any way, when this case occurs, of 
> displaying the transaction only once in the register?
> One would want the displayed value of the consolidated
> transaction to be the sum of the split values, so I 
> guess so you can't just pick one of the multiple views 
> to display and hide the rest. 
> 
> I am just wondering if doing something like this would 
> be a reasonable enhancement request (perhaps it already
> is?), or if there is some architecture issue that makes 
> this impractical.
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If you choose the Auto-Split Ledger View for that account you will see
the entire transaction with all the splits when you click on a
transaction. I have chosen that option as the default view for my files.

You could go to
http://gnucash.uservoice.com/forums/101223-feature-request and search
for "Use a separate window for transaction edits".

Vote for that feature.

You could also enter your own suggestion there.

David C
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