[GNC] Newbie trouble deleting transaction

Geoff Jankowski geoff.jankowski at me.com
Tue Oct 8 02:17:16 EDT 2024


Sorry, 
Let me clarify. By last transaction in the register I mean the blank entry for the next input. This is the one that users cannot delete. 

Paul, let us know if you have sorted it or are still having problems. 

Geoff
+33 6 22 93 00 53
+44 7770 58 48 38

> On 8 Oct 2024, at 05:53, Paul-A via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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