[GNC] Accidentally Typing in the Transfer Column

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

I think we have a bit of apples and oranges going on here. The original
question, if I recall correctly, was about how to revert unintended
typing in an existing transaction. We seem to have shifted now to
talking about creating new transactions. I'm not surprised that the two
behave differently.

Just for the record, I noticed some time ago that clicking on the "n" in
the R[econciliation] column of a register would change it to a "c", but
if I then clicked the "n" in the next transaction the new "c" would
change back to an "n". (I'm not talking about the dedicated
Reconciliation window, but an account register in Basic view.) It's
necessary to commit the transaction first to save the change to the R
column. When Gyle posted the query I then verified that any change to
the fields description or account or amount would also either revert
silently or pop up a dialog if I simply clicked on a different transaction.

That said, I now think it's simplest to follow the rule "hit Enter to
commit the changes to the transaction; click Cancel to revert them."
Just for fun I tried deleting a split in the General Journal, then
clicking Cancel. The deleted split was restored, as I had hoped.

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

On 2025-10-07 22:49, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I just tested this on 5.12 with a detailed auto-filled transaction,
> making test edits and clicking into another transaction.
> 
> I deleted the memo, account, and amount from a split line but didn't use
> the 'delete split' function.
> 
> The result was deleting the split, with an added one to the Imbalance
> account for the missing amount. (the auto-fill transaction was balanced)
> 
> Removing any combination of Memo/Account/Amount but not all three,
> resulted in the changes being reverted.
> 
> In each test, clicking into a different transaction *committed* the
> improperly edited one. It did not go away.
> 
> The only way to do that is either let it commit and delete it, or use
> Transaction > Cancel Transaction or the Cancel button.