Split transactions are killing me

[Will]

If split transactions were easy, I wouldn't be here.

I started a transaction, as you can see below. Then I followed your
instructions by assigning it to an account, entering a charge value, then
hitting 'enter'.

<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/n4659267/1st_screenshot.png> 


Then I picked an empty row and entered the clothes portion of the charge.
Not sure why it ended up this way;

<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/n4659267/2nd_screenshot.png> 

So then I entered another row of info in the yellow row, erasing the $500
payment and putting in $200 charge;

<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/n4659267/3rd_screenshot.png> 

So now there are no more rows to enter information in, and I have this odd
Orphan row that I don't want.

So I decide to enter more information on the Orphan row. Then it looks so
bizarre, I don't know what to make of it, though this is the closest I've
come to success.

<http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/n4659267/4th_screenshot.png> 

The Tutorial is useless on this subject (and the example is one that I doubt
more that 5% of users would employ).

Is there some precise set of keystrokes and fields to move to that can solve
this issue?




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