David H,
I just want to say a big Thank You for this info. I went and edited
that accelerator-map file just now; and it changed things and works
exactly as you described. I still feel that the Register View Style
should be saved along with the Column Width settings; so I'll probably
still be putting in an RFE for that. But having these shortcut keys
available rather than having to mouse-click for the View settings each
time sure makes life easier. (Hey, I'm still new to GnuCash and
learning my way around.)
Thanks again. And feel free to keep these tips coming,
Tom
On 12/16/2025 2:17 PM, David H wrote:
Oops my bad, the lines to be changed will normally look as follows before
they are changed - i.e. empty double quotes just before the right closing
bracket ...
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1" "")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2" "")
Cheers David H.
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 07:09, David H<[email protected]> wrote:
What I haven't seen mentioned in all of this are the Accelerator shortcut
keys that for keyboard users can be set to easily change the View in the
current register and may alleviate the pain somewhat :-) Personally if I
customise a register I tend to just leave it open permanently anyway so
none of this is an issue for me.
i.e. Basic view = ctrl + alt + b on Windows or option / command b on macOS
AutoSplit ledger = ctrl + alt + s on Windows or option / command s
on macOS
Transaction Journal view = ctrl + alt + x on Windows or option /
command x on macOS
Double line view = ctrl + alt + l on Windows or option / command l
on macOS
If you go to Gnucash >> Help >> About on Windows (Gnucash >> About
Gnucash on macOS) you will be presented with an "About GnuCash"
popup window. Clicking on the GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR link will take you to the
GnuCash user config folder which contains an "accelerator-map" file.
While GnuCash is closed, edit this file using a text editor and remove the
semi-colon (;) from the beginning of these lines to UnComment them and
change them as follows. I suggest you copy this file before changing it so
you have a backup to go back to if the need arises.
change these lines from this
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction"
"<Primary><Alt>l")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0"
"<Primary><Alt>b")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1"
"<Primary><Alt>s")
; (gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2"
"<Primary><Alt>x")
to for example this :
(gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleDoubleLineAction"
"<Primary><Alt>l")
(gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/0"
"<Primary><Alt>b")
(gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/1"
"<Primary><Alt>s")
(gtk_accel_path
"<Actions>/GncPluginPageRegisterActions/ViewStyleRadioAction/2"
"<Primary><Alt>x")
On Windows <Primary> is the ctrl key and <Alt> is self explanatory and on
macOS these are equivalent to option + cmd + l, b, s or x on my systems at
least :-)
Once you have these set and save the file and re-open GnuCash you should
see the Shortcut keys to the right of the view style radio buttons as per
the screenshot below.
Cheers David H.
[image: image.png]
On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 at 04:09, David Carlson<[email protected]>
wrote:
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?
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