Attempt to move one split to new category moves all splits with same category

[jillelaine]

On 8/16/19 2:38 PM, Jack wrote:
> On 2019.08.16 17:05, jillelaine wrote:
>> KMyMoney v.4.8.0
>> Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
>>
>> In KMyMoney, in a transaction with multiple splits, where more than 
>> one split is assigned to the same category, attempts to change only 
>> one split to a new category changes all splits with the same category 
>> to the new category.
>>
>> Go to 'Categories' > select original category > select transaction 
>> split to move to new category > right click & select > 'Move 
>> transaction to...' > and select desired new category from the 'Select 
>> Account' list.
>>
>> Result: all splits assigned to original category within the same 
>> transaction are moved to new category, even though only one split is 
>> selected.
>>
>> Issue also occurs during 'batch' 'Move transaction to...' via Categories.
> 
> It looks like all those attemps are variations on moving transactions.  
> If you only want to change the category of a single split, try selecting 
> and edit the transaction in the ledger, go to the split editor, and 
> change the category on that split.

Yes, I can change the category of a split in the ledger, one transaction 
at a time. The problem is that I want to modify the category of a 
particular split in multiple transactions, without modifying any of the 
other splits.

> 
> Also, 4.8.0 is really old.  If you can't move to a 5.0 version, there 
> are later 4.8.x versions.

Is this behavior changed in newer versions?