Indeed, Stan is right, but it has solved one aspect of it for me, as as well as clicking the big 'X', I was not averse to closing the tab by clicking the little 'x'. And while I was at it, I also closed up the side bar somewhat by reducing the character width. I've also 'Tippexed' out the big 'X' too (just joking).
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 17:07, Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> wrote: > You're very welcome, but as Stan correctly pointed out that doesn't solve > the "problem" of the toolbar icon closing a tab when a lot of people > ass/u/me that it will close the program. > > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > [email protected] <[email protected]> email > ------------------------------ > *From:* G R Hewitt <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 12, 2023 11:51 AM > *To:* Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> > *Cc:* David T. <[email protected]>; [email protected] < > [email protected]>; Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items > > Gyles, sir, you win the cigar (or prize of preference). > What's annoying is I looked there, but just didn't see it. > Thank you so much. > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 15:40, Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can remove the "X" on the tabs to prevent accidental closing. Under > Edit/Preference/Windows and the section labeled Tabs. Just click on box to > remove the check on "Show close on notebook tabs". Then you shouldn't be > able to close accidentally. > > Thank You, > > *Gyle McCollam* > > Gyle McCollam > > [email protected] <[email protected]> email > ------------------------------ > *From:* gnucash-user <[email protected]> > on behalf of G R Hewitt <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 12, 2023 2:19 AM > *To:* David T. <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] <[email protected]>; > Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Locking the side bar items > > Thank you all for your considered comments and suggestions, from which I > can see that I failed to explain myself adequately, so apologies there. > > What I want to be able to do is to ‘lock’ the tabs I open so that they > cannot be closed with out first being ‘unlocked’. > > Perhaps a little padlock icon that would replace the ‘X’ when locked - > similar to programs that use ‘layers’, like Photoshop for example. > > In this way one would be unable to accidentality close a tab and perhaps > lose settings. > > > Regards, GH > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 04:41, David T. via gnucash-user < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Honestly, the button could be removed altogether in my opinion. The close > > "X" on tabs is pretty standard in other apps, and has the benefit of > being > > a direct action that most users understand intuitively. > > > > David T. > > > > On Apr 12, 2023, 1:07 AM, at 1:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > >I agree, the button could be more precise in its label. > > > > > >The tool tip in the status bar on hovering that button says, "close the > > > > > >currently active page". > > > > > >The functionality of that button and the entire toolbar (the UI really) > > > > > >is also covered in the Manual. > > > > > >I'd say this is a, "read the manual" sort of problem and GnuCash is > > >working as intended. > > > > > >Regards, > > >Adrien > > > > > >On 4/11/23 4:12 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > >> The button in the toolbar should say "Close Tab", that would make it > > >clearer. In windows, the OP should get used to closing Gnucash with > > >the "X" in the upper right corner. As for the tabs, under > > >Edit/Preferences/Windows and then the heading Tabs you can select to > > >put a "Close Button" actually an "X" on each tab to close that tab. > > >That way you don't have to memorize Crtl+W or Alt+F4, not that it is > > >that difficult. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
