Stan,
On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 2:07 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_br...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > On 2019-06-05 14:47, David Carlson wrote: > > It has always been my custom to start from the left in the row that > > I want to delete and alternately hit delete and tab across until the > > split disappears completely. I am not sure if that is the only way to > > do it, but I got into that habit long ago. > Is that really necessary in 3.5? It's certainly NOT necessary in 2.6.19, > which I'm using. > > Click anywhere in the split (line item) that you want to delete, then > click the red slash-in-a-circle (Delete) icon in the toolbar. You get a > confirming prompt which specifically mentions you're about to delete a > split -- a single line item within a transaction. > > There's absolutely no need to delete any numbers first -- I've just > verified this by trying it. > > (The confirming prompt contains a check box "Remember and don't ask me > again." If you don't get the prompt, most likely you ticked that box at > some point and forgot about it.) > > BTW, GnuCash won't let you delete a split that belongs to the account > register you're working in. For example, if you have the "Yard > Maintenance" account open and are editing a transaction in that account > register, you can't delete a split identifying the Yard Maintenance > account. You _can_ edit that split to identify a different account, and > then delete it. If you do that, be sure to make all changes before > pressing Enter, because the transaction will disappear from the "Yard > Maintenance" register as soon as you do. Of course you can still find it > in the account register for any of the remaining splits. > > That is a change from 2.6.xx, because in that family, as I stated, deleting the account name from the "anchor" line and tabbing off of the "anchor" line makes it disappear without warning from that register view. > -- > Regards, > Stan Brown > Tompkins County, New York, USA > http://BrownMath.com > http://OakRoadSystems.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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.
