[GNC] Accidentally Typing in the Transfer Column

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Stan, 

Odd. My comments regarding transaction change pop ups come directly from the same R column scenario-- but in my case, I'd be asked every time before GnuCash made the actual change. I set it not to ask any more, so that I could more quickly go from transaction to transaction. So, for me, the move from txn to txn commits, not reverts.

As I said, odd. 

⁣David T. ​

On Oct 8, 2025, 10:08 PM, at 10:08 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>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.
>
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