Sure, I could live with it. I probably will, at least for now. Like I
said up front when I apologized in advance: it's a minor nit-picky kind
of thing. It's annoying. But if it can be fixed relatively easily, why
not try and do it? Doesn't everyone here want to see GnuCash evolve and
get better over time? I would hope that's a goal.
Tom
On 12/15/2025 10:58 PM, R Losey wrote:
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
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