So... given that the Register Style persists if you have the register open, is that something that you cannot do?
I agree that it would be a helpful option to have the register style be saved per register (as the widths are). I have wanted to use this, but ran into the same problem, and just live with it. On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 3:15 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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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