[GNC] Newbie trouble deleting transaction

Paul-A pda+ at sdf.org
Mon Oct 7 23:53:15 EDT 2024


Thanks for all the replies... no popup, and no indication that anything
happened or is supposed to.

It is the last entry, showing today's date, maybe I should've clued into
that, since I thought it was from a few days ago.

Is it just my imagination then that I entered this, and it's just the
normal user-interface waiting for data entry?


On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 06:00:23AM +1000, David Cousens wrote:
> Geoff
> Have no problem deleting the last transaction in a register at least on
> 5.9 on Linux Mint, Don't ever remember having any problems deleting
> transactions previously. There is a popup asking for confirmation of
> deletion though. Paul do you get a popup confirmation window?  Is it
> possible it is hidden?
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> On Mon, 2024-10-07 at 08:24 +0200, Geoff Jankowski via gnucash-user
> wrote:
> > If it is the last entry in the register it cannot be deleted. 
> > 
> > If it has entries above and below it, you should be able to delete it
> > and if you cannot, there is an issue. 
> > 
> > Geoff
> > +33 6 22 93 00 53
> > +44 7770 58 48 38
> > 
> > > On 7 Oct 2024, at 08:05, Paul-A via gnucash-user
> > > <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > I've just started using gnucash, and have imported a few years
> > > worth of
> > > data successfully from a bank account.  Afterwards I manually
> > > entered
> > > two more transactions, where one is mistaken.
> > > 
> > > I'd like to remove the mistake, but am unable to do so with either
> > > the Delete button or "Delete transaction" menu choice.  Shouldn't I
> > > at least get some error if something is failing?
> > > 
> > > The transaction I'm removiing is blank except for a date.
> > > 
> > > Am I missing something obvious or could something be wrong with my
> > > 4.13 setup on Debian bookworm?
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