[GNC] New auto-clear splits pop-up in reconcile

[David Carlson]

I haven't seen this option in action yet myself but if it is never
automatically selected when it does appear,  I don't see any harm for it to
be there for someone who could use it.

David Carlson

On Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 3:46 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's a NO from me.  When I reconcile my approx 10 credit card / mortgage /
> savings accounts / superannuation accounts I'm always reconciling to a
> monthly / annual statement and I rarely have issues.  The
> reconciliation window pops up and shows all relevant transactions including
> the uncleared transactions and it's not difficult to do the actual
> reconciliation.   Being the type of person that enters transactions daily
> as they occur and logs on to 4 different banks and a superannuation fund
> each morning to check balances and enter the odd missing transaction my
> accounts are generally right up to date and accurate :-)
>
> Frankly until today I wasn't even aware there was an AutoClear menu item
> under "Actions" and after using GnuCash for nigh on 15 years can't think of
> a use case that is relevant in my situation.
>
> I also agree with the comment that if you are going to remove the choice
> from users as to whether a function is optional or not you should provide a
> preference to turn it off and on - even if as has been suggested you aren't
> likely to see this popup if you don't have uncleared transactions. A quick
> scan down the list of transactions in the reconcile window shows me which
> transactions aren't marked as cleared and is all I need.
>
> Anyway bottom line NOT something I'm interested in or want to use.
>
> This is a bit like the AutoComplete function that from memory also doesn't
> have an option to disable - 99 times out of 100 I end up pressing Esc to
> cancel as it's not quite what I want.
>
> Cheers David H.
>
> On Fri, 12 Dec 2025 at 18:05, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:26:34 -0600
> > Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> >
> > > This feature is baffling.
> > >
> > > Reconciliation isn't a math problem. It isn't just checking off *any*
> > > combination of transactions that get you from Starting to Ending
> > > balance, it is an audit to mark *specific* transactions that cleared
> > > the account.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Adrien
> >
> >
> > +1
> >
> > Liz
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