On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:20:08 -0500 Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi, > > David wasserman <wasserlan...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Okay John, I will try to be clearer. > > > > I am talking about inputting a new entry into an account. Say, my > > bank account. So, in the register I could enter Date; Notes: > > Account to Debit; Account to credit and their respective $ > > amounts. However, if this is an entry I make frequently I will > > scroll up to the last time I made a similar > > transaction> right click>select "Duplicate Transaction">enter the > > date>press OK and I am provided with a new transaction, accounts > > date>allocated > > and all. But, the $ amount may be different to what I want. So I > > edit the Debit and that forces an "Imbalance" entry on the Credit > > side. > > > > I would like it to mirror my edit on the Credit contra account - > > assuming the whole transaction consists of a single Debit line and > > Credit line, respectively. > > > > As I say, this is not a major issue in any sense. I was just > > wondering, hoping, that there is a switch somewhere to accomplish > > that rule. > > You do realize that you could just use Autofill, right? > > GnuCash will assume that if you enter in the same Description then it > will auto-fill the rest of transaction. I.e., you can go to an > account, enter in the "current" date, type in a description you've > used before, then hit "tab" and GnuCash will fill in the rest of the > transaction as before, including transfer account(s), and amounts. > Then will will jump to and let you edit the amount. > > This works in the contra-account as well, although we really recommend > you enter transactions only from Asset and Liability accounts and not > Income or Expense accounts. > > If the transaction is a basic, 2-split transaction then if you edit > the amount it will properly edit the other-account amount, too. > > I think this will work better than your "duplicate" method. Try it. > > > Regards > > Dave W > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > Hi Derek, I tried the Autofill method you describe. It was indeed a revelation. Thank you. For years I have been using the Duplicate Transaction method. Though it didn't jump to to edit the amount nor did it edit the contra account - if I understood you correctly? That said, using autofill, tab, is a much better method, just as you say. I see that I have started an interesting discussion on the subject :-) Regards Dave W _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
