Tom, you did it backwards. Leave the register open and close GnuCash. Then re-open Gnucash.
On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ 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. 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