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# Ledger window

The ledger windows is used to manage one account or all the accounts transactions at a time.
It can be the basis of most actions dealing with transactions.

### Menu

The menu is the start of every actions on transactions.

### Quick filter area

These widgets will enable you to quickly filter the transaction list without opening the filter dialog.

From left to right:
Range : Quick change the date range, a tool-tip is displayed when you hover this widget and display the exact date range.
Flag : Quick select flag transaction to display
Type : Restrict the list-view to expense or income.
Status : Restrict the list-view to uncategorized or unreconciled.
Edit filter
Clear filter
Refresh
Life Energy, see this page for details.

### Quick search

The quick search will permit to filter the transaction list instantly on text column. The search apply to all columns except status and date columns.

### Selected transaction information

On the left you have the current date range as a remind. The information displayed depends on the selection:

- no selection / 1 selected:
  display the number of transaction of the list
- more than 1 selected:
  display additionally: number of selected, average, sum of total, income, expense

### Balance

The balance area contains the balance summary of the account, see this page for details. If the minor option is checked in the preferences, a minor toggle button appear here, see this page for details.

### Transaction list

The list shows a summary of the transaction in the account. You can use the filter dialog if necessary.
Column order can be changed by left click on the column title then drag the column.
Column visible can be adjusted by right click on the column title, this is the only place where you can do this, any other transaction list will inherit the columns configured here.
The Balance column is only displayed when sort is by date ascending/descending, it is hidden otherwise.

Double-click works as follow, depending of the transaction selected:

- one is selected: you open the transaction dialog in Edit mode
- multiple are selected: you can edit from menu or tool-bar and open multi transaction dialog

The first column indicate the change made to the transaction:

= transaction added = transaction modified

The Status column indicate the status of a transaction:

= cleared
= reconciled
= remind

Some hot-keys are available to quickly change the status of a transaction.

Here's a few tips:

+ | - on an unreconciled transaction will Reconcile - on a Reconciled transaction will ask for confirmation and toggle to Cleared
+ | - has no effect on a Reconciled transaction - on a Cleared transaction will unclear it
+ | - will change the status to None

The Category column may display a - this needs a category - text
this occurs if the account is part of the budget and the transaction has no category and is not a transfer.
You may need to exclude the account from the budget if this was set by mistake or you don't use the budget feature, this can be done from the dialog account.

### Tool bar

The tool-bar provides easy mouse shortcut for some of the menu. All tool button have a tool tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool button.

### Lock/Unlock reconciled changes

By default, starting v5.6, the reconciled transaction are locked for some changes: edition, status, delete.
You can unlock by switching this button or with a preference. You can still move and copy and create from them still.