It might also be a good idea to note which types of windows to apply this to. For example, registers for Accounts with children behave slightly differently than simple account registers. Then there are several other special types of windows.
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably all the elements of the entire view should be saved. It is better > to over-save then to under-save. Thinking of MS Registry hives here ... > > I normally implement something like this in my coding: set sane default > value to element1; read config file and if config file has the setting for > elelemt1 then set elemet1 to that; rinse-and-repeat > > This allows a seasoned person to tweak only necessary elements of their > choosing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Carlson <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 1:08 PM > To: R Losey <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's > Default Style? > > If you are going to propose a button to save account register display > style, I would suggest also [optionally] saving the sort order and column > settings. > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Absolutely; it's just a temporary work around until (hopefully), the > > feature is implemented. > > > > I typically keep about 8 tabs open all the time (my most frequently > > used accounts). > > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM Adrien Monteleone < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I would see the problem is that if you *ever* close that register, > > > the next time you open it, the default will take over. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Adrien > > > > > > On 12/15/25 11:58 PM, R Losey wrote: > > > > So... given that the Register Style persists if you have the > > > > register > > > open, > > > > is that something that you cannot do? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > -- > David Carlson > > > -- 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
