[GNC] cut/paste problem in 3.4?

[Adrien Monteleone]

I never cut and paste whole transactions either. I’ve always just re-assigned one of the splits. (either via jump if I’m changing the anchor split, or rarely, using the Journal)

I thought this function was used more for copying or moving transactions between two open files, so I’ve never bothered. (and changing account assignments seems more proper to me)

However, testing the feature just for this thread, I was able to successfully move a transaction from one register to another. (and back again)

This transaction had two splits for accounts A & B.

I entered the register for account A and cut it.

Then I opened the register for account C and pasted it.

GnuCash re-assigned the transaction to be between B & C. Account A was no longer involved. (I also tested the reverse, cutting from register B and posting in C. That also worked.)

It seems like a handy feature, but apparently has some hiccups on occasion.

I wonder, the OP didn’t note the currencies involved. Perhaps the intended target is in a different currency? (though I should think that one would have been obviously noted as a manual re-assignment should trigger the exchange rate dialog)

Regards,
Adrien



> On Jul 2, 2019, at 11:21 AM, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Paul,
> 
> I don't use the cut and paste transaction feature. If I want to move a
> transaction, I will change the account assignment for that split, which
> effectively moves the transaction from one register to another.
> 
> I would wonder at the utility of cut and paste in this example. A
> transaction contains two entries, each associated with a specific account,
> say accounts A & B. If I were to copy the transaction and paste it into
> account C, there would be nothing to connect the transaction with account C,
> and the transaction would "re-appear" in accounts A & B, but not appear in
> account C. This is, in fact the behavior you originally described.
> 
> If, instead, you follow my approach, you would open account A, change the
> entry for either A or B to account C, and save the transaction. The
> transaction would disappear from the account you changed from, and appear in
> account C instead. 
> 
> Note that if you change A to C while in the register for account A and press
> "Enter," GnuCash may complain about removing the anchor split. I have found
> that Tabbing through the line will allow you to proceed anyway.
> 
> David T.