Not that I'm in any way wanting to go back to Quicken but I'm thinking that it was never an issue to Copy/Paste To/From any type of account.
On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 1:46 AM David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Liz, > > I think the issue really boils down to "what exactly is getting copied and > pasted?" > > I don't know the specifics, but as far as I understand it, a transaction > in GnuCash looks unitary to the end user, but actually consists of a > strange hybrid: a Transaction entry with (at least) two subsidiary splits. > Each element has its own interconnected data that may or may not make sense > when moved into another account. What happens when you change the context > of a transaction will be unpredictable. > > David T. > > On August 19, 2022 6:42:15 AM GMT+03:00, Liz Dodd <ed...@billiau.net> > wrote: > >On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:12:29 -0500 > >Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> When I tried to Copy a transaction from an account named Checking and > >> Paste to the same account at a later date, the debit amount in the > >> original Withdrawal column did not appear in the pasted transaction > >> but the credit amount showed up in the Deposit column?? > >> > >> I have screen captures of both if needed. > >> > >> I've copy/pasted transactions before and never noticed the problem. > >> > >> Jack in Illinois > > > > > >I have seen this happen when trying to move a transaction to another > >account, for example when I entered the transaction in the cash ledger > >and had really paid by card. When pasted into the card account, I would > >find a deposit instead of a withdrawal. > >I haven't ever taken the time to report and discuss the problem, but > >learned that jumping to the Expense account involved and moving the > >transaction from there was more reliable. > >I have vague memories that it wasn't always like this, but I've been on > >Gnucash since about V1.6 and I didn't pay attention to when this > >started. > >I haven't even tried it more recently to see if I can still reproduce > >the problem. > > > >Summary: I also think copy and paste of a transaction has problems. > > > >Liz > >_______________________________________________ > >gnucash-user mailing list > >gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >----- > >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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.