Split transactions

[C. Andrews Lavarre]

Hi thanks

> If you are in any View other than "Basic Ledger" then "Split Transaction" 
has no meaning and "Alt-A,P" will stop at opening the Actions menu 
("Split Transaction" is not selectable). 

All accounts are in "Basic Ledger"

> but people who fail to mention their OS and version often seem to be
Windows users.

:-)

Gosh, I just assumed that anyone enlightened enough to use GnuCash
2.4.11 must be under Linux openSUSE 12.2...

>:-)

OK, so if this is a bug, not a feature, I'll collect more data and
report back... It is working correctly now, but I haven't rebooted in a
long while (this /is/ Linux... :-)

Thanks for the reply.

Cheers, Andy

On 12/09/2012 12:59 PM, Fred Bone wrote:
> On 8 December 2012 at 14:07, C. Andrews Lavarre said:
>
>> Hi, I've noted a curiosity that I can't yet pin down:
>>
>> + Sometimes Alt-A,P opens a split transaction window
>> + Sometimes Alt-A,P just opens the Actions dropdown menu
>>
>> It's the same in any account, so not account specific. I checked the
>> preferences for Register settings and saw nothing to that effect.
>> Googling sheds no light either.
>>
>> In either case, the Actions menu does *not *have an underlined *p *in
>> "Split Transaction"
> It does on my system (GnuCash 2.4.11 on WinXPPro-SP3).
>
> If you are in any View other than "Basic Ledger" then "Split Transaction" 
> has no meaning and "Alt-A,P" will stop at opening the Actions menu 
> ("Split Transaction" is not selectable). 
>
> Also if your Alt key is still down when striking P then it will be 
> ignored. This is nonstandard behaviour for Windows(*) and you could 
> perhaps be holding Alt down out of habit, or have an intermittently 
> sticky key. Of course, if you're not using Windows this wouldn't apply, 
> but people who fail to mention their OS and version often seem to be 
> Windows users.
>
> (*) That is, Alt-A,Alt-P would behave the same as Alt-A,P in normal 
> native Windows programs. Well, up to and including XP; &deity only knows 
> what changes Microsoft have imposed with Win8.
>