[GNC] Split Transactions

[G R Hewitt]

Nod to Stephen M Butler who wrote this same idea before me; I didn't see it
until now.

On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 at 20:38, G R Hewitt <hewittgr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe he needs to click on 'Don't auto complete' when the autofill list
> appears then?
> That should stop the autofill process; at least it does in my experience.
>
> GRH
>
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 at 15:16, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
>> Michael,
>>
>> Autofill has *always* duplicated all splits in a memorized transaction,
>> which is what OP is displeased with. In other words, if I have a
>> transaction with the description "My Complicated Transaction" with 17
>> entries on it, the next time I start typing "My ", it will duplicate all 17
>> previous entries with their amounts. OP doesn't want the duplication, but
>> unfortunately, that's not how that feature works.
>>
>> ⁣David T.​
>>
>> On Jul 9, 2025, 9:13 AM, at 9:13 AM, Michael or Penny Novack via
>> gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>> >On 7/9/2025 3:35 AM, Geoffry Loats wrote:
>> >> I find that when I enter split transactions rather than a fresh
>> >split, I
>> >> get a previous split transaction with numerous lines when all I want
>> >is a
>> >> new one.
>> >> Is there anyway to fix this?
>> >>
>> >I have never seen behavior anything like that.
>> >
>> >Describe the process you are using to enter a new "split" transaction.
>> >Start from the first step. For example (it might be) enter the account
>> >of ONE of the accounts of the split just as if not a "split
>> >transaction". But instead of entering a second account, hit "split".
>> >
>> >Michael D Novack
>> >
>> >PS: If my example first step NOT what you are doing. might be the
>> >problem
>> >
>> >PPS: Unless you have chosen "Journal Mode" for entering all
>> >transactions, split, or not
>> >
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