That may be what it says in the manual, but it does NOT always work as suggested in the manual.
Maybe I'll document a few situations where the commit happens without the ENTER key being pressed. > On 09/04/2026 7:43 AM PDT Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > This is simply how the app works. > > From the Help Manual "6.2.1: Entering Directly in the Register Window": > > "The register window will look slightly different depending on the style > options you have chosen. The following describes entering simple > transactions in the basic ledger style. The cursor is placed in the date > field by default when the register window is opened. > > *Note > > When working on transactions in GnuCash, be aware that the Enter key and > the Tab key behave differently, and perform different actions. > > The Enter key moves to the first field of the next split, regardless of > which field you are in. If there is no next split, proceeds to the next > transaction. In any case, Enter finishes the transaction edit, and any > imbalance is posted to Imbalance-CUR, where CUR is the currency of the > transaction. > > The Tab key moves to the next field in the current split. If it's the > last field, moves to the next split, creating a new one if there isn't > one. If the split is blank, the Tab key finishes the transaction and > posts any imbalance to Imbalance-CUR, as above." > ----- > > > The intended and designed key sequence is to TAB through fields and > ENTER to commit transactions. > > Since you don't have any info, ENTER commits and jumps to a new > transaction. (per the manual text above) > > It is working as expected and designed. > > Myself and other folks use empty transactions for 'journal notations' > since this feature isn't provided explicitly, though admittedly, I > always have some type of info typed into Description, Notes, or Memo > accordingly since that was my intention and purpose for it. Those > 'transactions' neither have or need transfer accounts or amounts. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 9/4/26 08:15, Marty Landman wrote: > > Notice that GnuCash creates empty transactions having nothing in it but > > the date when altering the date on a blank transaction and entering. > > > > I accidentally create these on a semi-steady basis and then have to find > > and remove them. Is this a feature for some reason? Can I remove this > > ability through configuration somehow? Or get a warning before blank > > trx's are created? > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
