[GNC] Reordering splits in a transaction

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Peter:

I have seen the same thing, about splits spontaneously re-ordering 
themselves. I do not recall documentation about this, and I have not 
read the code, but I have the impression that: a) GnuCash does impose an 
order on splits, and b) the order is something like: splits with credit 
(left-column) amounts before debit (right-column) amounts, then in order 
of full account name.

I do believe that the order of splits within a transaction has no 
bookkeeping significance. It doesn't affect how the basic accounting 
relationship of assets, liabilities, and equity is preserved. It doesn't 
affect the content of reports. etc.

I hope this is clarifying, even if it isn't definitive.
        —Jim DeLaHunt, software engineer, Vancouver, Canada

On 2020-05-15 06:03, peterb wrote:
> I have a recurring transaction with a very complicated split. At some
> point, the splits in the recurring transaction seem to have organized
> themselves in a confusing way - seemingly not related to the order in which
> I entered them.
>
> Is there any way to reorder splits within a transaction short of "Type
> everything over again from top to bottom?"  Is the (seeming) self-ordering
> of the splits themselves inevitable, and if so, is there some underlying
> principle by which they are arranging themselves?
>
> -P
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