[GNC] deleting empty items in a split

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

John,

Use the Tab key, not the Enter key, to move between fields.

With the Tab key, the transaction is not committed, but any arithmetic
in the amount of the split is performed. (Example: 250*1.0825 is
replaced by 260.73.) If there is an imbalance it shows up at the bottom,
in one of the two amount columns, without any account.

With the Enter key, the above happens, but the transaction is committed.
Since every split must have an account specified, GC assigns that slit
to the Imbalance account.

To prevent that happening, never hit the Enter key as long as there is
an amount showing in the transaction with no account.

If you have already committed the transaction:
1.  adjust whichever amount(s) need to be fixed, which will create
another split with no account.
2. Click on the Imbalance split and select Delete from the icons at the
top of the window.
3. If your arithmetic was correct, the entered splits with account names
are now balanced, so not only the Imbalance split but the new split with
no account should now disappear.
4. Press Enter to commit the corrected transaction.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com

On 2025-02-25 12:21, John Hopkins wrote:
> I am having some issues when I am populating a split entry, a line item
> appears as "Imbalance-USD". Once I finish assigning the rest of the
> various values/line items in the split, that line item stays even with a
> zero value. These accumulate in the account "Imbalance-USD". Same with
> "Orphan-USD" entries (as part of a split).