What is the blue line all about?

[Dave H]

Nothing to do with fiscal year it just marks the difference between today
and future transactions you may have entered.

Cheers Dave H.

On 26 March 2018 at 00:43, Anita Graves <anitagraves at me.com> wrote:

> Today I entered a transaction that is clearly within the dates set for the
> start of our fiscal year and the end of our fiscal year.
>
> These dates are:  Start:  28.03.2017  and End:  01.04.2018
>
> However, a blue line is drawn across the checking account above my entry
> of 26.03.2018 and below an entry dated 23.03.2018.
>
> I have entered the date twice thinking I have made some kind of error, but
> no matter what I do, this blue line is there and it is not supposed to be.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Many thanks to you all - I LOVE Gnucash!
>
> Anita Graves
>
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com>
> > Subject: Re: What is the blue line all about?
> > Date: 1 January 2017 at 10:56:39 AM GMT+2
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Cc: GNU Cash User <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> >
> > That is exactly what happened.  I realized this when I looked closely at
> my own transaction and realized it automatically put in 2017 without my
> knowledge.
> >
> > This brings up a serious problem for me.  My fiscal (financial) year is
> not a calendar year.  So, I would be entering transactions as usual up till
> March or April when my financial year begins.
> >
> > Therefore, I wish to disable any settings in Gnucash that conflict with
> this.  I have entered my time frame in the appropriate settings, but I
> still wish to avoid any trouble in the future.
> >
> > I thank you all for your kindness to reply.
> >
> > Anita
> >
> >> On 1 Jan 2017, at 10:48 AM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:34:03 +0200
> >> Anita Graves <anitagraves at mac.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am a beginner with Gnucash and so far I love it, but suddenly when
> >>> I was entering a normal transaction, a blue line surrounds it and it
> >>> will not move to the appropriate date place…what have I done????
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your kind assistance.
> >>>
> >>> Anita Graves
> >>
> >> welcome Anita
> >>
> >> That blue line marks the difference between present and future
> >> so check the date on your transaction below the line....
> >> Is it 2017 when you thought it was a 2016 transaction??
> >>
> >> Liz
> >>
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