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[Bug]: shift click doesn't return the correct totals on the register

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#5,525 opened on Aug 8, 2025

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Description

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What happened?

When using shift+click to select several rows of transactions, the totals are correct but are including the parent transaction when a transactions contains a split resulting in incorrect totals for the selected transactions. Below should be 59.51 not 72.39.

How can we reproduce the issue?

Select multiple transactions with shift+click and that have splits in them.

Where are you hosting Actual?

Docker

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Chrome, Other

Operating System

Linux

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the shift click selection logic in the register component. Trace how transactions with splits are included or excluded from the total calculation. Look for a filtering step that might be missing the exclusion of parent transactions.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
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3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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75