I know David talked about column widths but the rule for the register view is similar - you need to set the view(s) as you want, do NOT close the account register(s), and close Gnucash.
Mark On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 at 20:01, Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > I know that the column widths can be set and saved for individual > registers. But my question is about the Register Default Style, not the > column widths. Is there a way to set and save the STYLE setting for > individual account registers? > > Tom > > > On 12/15/2025 8:48 AM, David Carlson wrote: > > Yes, but not for for all accounts of a particular account type vs > > other account types. Each individual register can be set with > > particular column widths and left open while shutting down GnuCash to > > memorize the column sizes for that individual account register. This > > information is saved individually for each particular data file name > > in a file named [datafilename]dot gcm. > > Once saved, the settings for that account register become persistent > > for following use even if the register is closed before closing GnuCash. > > > > > > > > David Carlson > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:18 AM Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > First up, my apologies here for asking a minor nit-picky kind of > > question. But here goes. I know that GnuCash lets you go and edit > > Preferences to set a Register Default Style to one of three -- Basic > > Ledger, Auto-Split Ledger, or Transaction Journal. And once you set > > that it becomes the default for ALL registers. And for my EXPENSE > > registers (food, clothing, etc. where I have lots of splits) I > > default > > to the Transaction Journal style. But ... > > > > ... for my LIABILTY registers (mainly credit cards) it's much > > easier to > > reconcile those accounts when they're viewed as Basic Ledgers. And I > > know how to go into each register and select View -> Basic Ledger. > > Pretty easy and straightforward. But ... > > > > ... (here's the nit-picky part) every time I open one of those > > Liability > > registers, I have to do those two extra mouse clicks to set the > > register > > view back to Basic Ledger. Yes, it's only two extra mouse > > clicks. But > > each and every time? It's annoying. > > > > So, here's the question. Is there any way to override the GnuCash > > Register Default Style either for ALL LIABILITY registers, or > > possibly > > for EACH register individually? > > > > What I'd like is for my EXPENSE registers to default to Transaction > > Journal, and my LIABILTY registers to default to Basic Ledger. If > > there's some hidden setting or preference that I just haven't > > found yet, > > I'd really appreciate any help locating it. > > > > Thanks, > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
