Interesting idea... I would like to see it implemented as a pop-up dialog asking the user if (s)he would like to update the 'other side' to the same value if it is a simple two line transaction. If the user closes the transaction without responding yes the imbalance amount is entered.
David C On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 6:07 AM David wasserman <wasserlan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 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. > > Regards > Dave W > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 11:05 AM John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 2018, at 6:33 AM, David wasserman <wasserlan...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > I have the habit of duplicating previous transactions rather than > > entering > > > the whole thing afresh. > > > > > > It occurs to me that in a simple Debit and Credit entry that it may be > > > possible to have the contra entry mimic the first amount, either > entered > > or > > > edited. > > > > > > Not a big problem but a niggle that I have. > > > > Could you explain that in a bit more detail? > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.