How to DELAY automatic "Imbalance-USD" entry

[Liz]

On Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:08:23 -0800
John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 
> On Jan 5, 2013, at 10:54 AM, C. Andrews Lavarre <alavarre at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > I obviously don't mind it creating a default transaction to balance
> > an erroneous entry. However, it is a pain for it to insert such a
> > transaction while I'm still editing the split.
> > 
> > So how to turn off these automatic imbalance transactions *while I'm
> > still editing the split*?
> > 
> > Googled and check my preferences but haven't yet found a why or way.
> > 
> > OBVIOUSLY the split won't balance until I finish editing it. So it
> > shouldn't bug me until I'm done and still have an imbalance.
> > Besides, this also throws off the imbalance in the last line so you
> > have to first delete the Imbalance-USD line to get the correct
> > imbalance to then apply to whichever line is appropriate.
> > 
> > For example. going to the grocery involves mostly many individual
> > amounts for the "Living:Food" account, but occasionally single
> > items for "Living:Personal Care" or some other account. So rather
> > than adding up all the food items, I enter the single entries, and
> > then apply the imbalance to the "Living:Food" line. But now this
> > automatic "Imbalance-USD" entry messes up the imbalance in the last
> > line so I have to delete it to get the correct amount to add to or
> > subtract from the Living:Food line.
> > 
> > This must be a recent "feature" as I do not recall it occurring
> > until the past week or so...It used to just show the remaining
> > imbalance in the bottom line, where one could check and then adjust
> > to bring it to disappear.
> 
> Hi, Andy.
> 
> If you're getting the imbalance split assigned to Imbalance-USD, then
> you've committed the transaction, perhaps inadvertently.
> 
> Hitting Enter/Return or clicking outside of the transaction being
> edited will commit the transaction, as will pressing one of the
> arrows enough times to move out of the top or bottom splits.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 

To navigate through the splits use <Tab> or <Down-Arrow> or <Up-Arrow>.
One hit of the enter key and you have an imbalance. This has the
behaviour of Gnucash throughout v2.4.