Hi Mark,
That's the first thing I tried. I figured if I was able to set and save
Column Widths, then the same technique would also work for the
Style/View setting. But no. It doesn't work. It's easy to confirm.
Try setting one of your registers to a different Style setting than what
your Register Default Style is. And for good measure change one of your
Column Widths in that register. Keep the account register open, and
close GnuCash. Then reopen GnuCash. Yes, you'll see that the register
is still like you left it. It will have the same Style and Column
Widths just as you had set it. Perfect.
But now, go ahead and close the register. You can leave GnuCash open
(no need to close it). Then reopen that same register. You'll see that
yes, the Column Widths are exactly as you last left them. That's great.
But you'll also see that the Style setting has reverted back to the
Default Style. And that's my issue. GnuCash doesn't save the Register
Style setting. It only saves the Column Widths.
So is there any way to get GnuCash to save the Register Style just like
it saves the Column Widths?
Tom
On 12/15/2025 1:14 PM, Mark Itzcovitz wrote:
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
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