I am seeing the same thing; the "view style" remains only as long as the account remains open.
This is on an iMac running the official 5.12 build. On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM David T. via gnucash-user < [email protected]> wrote: > So, now *I'm* confused. My tests show different results. > > Gnucash 5.13 (Nightly from 2025-12-10). Windows 11. > > When I change a register's *column widths*, the changes persist, > regardless. I do not have to do any File->Save/File->Quit procedures. I > can adjust the columns, close the window, close Gnucash, restart > Gnucash, and the column settings are preserved for that account. I will > note that changing just column widths does not mark the file as dirty > (i.e., requiring a save); the column changes appear to be saved > automatically. I will also say that this is what I would hope for and > expect to happen if I adjust column widths for a register. > > On the other hand, when I change a register's *view style*, the changes > do not persist. Once the register is closed, it will open in the default > view mode the next time that register is opened. I have seen no > exceptions to this. It does not matter whether you save the file, close > the file and reopen it again with that register open, or any other > mechanism. Once you close the register, it reopens in the default view > style. > > Perhaps this is a Windows-only feature, or perhaps it is an addition to > one of the nightlies--but I most definitely do not see the view style > persist from one instance of the register to the next. > > David T. > > On 12/17/2025 9:39 AM, David Carlson wrote: > > I am still confused. Whenever I want to save a register view aka > 'style' > > and/or column widths for GnuCash in the particular window size on the > > display resolution that I am currently using, I simply leave the register > > set as desired and click File > Save, File > Quit. Once I have done > that, > > it no longer matters if I close the register after the next re-start. > The > > settings persist. Similarly for reports if I choose to leave them open > > rather than saving the settings under a custom report name, except > > those settings are lost if they weren't saved as a custom report. > > > > Further, somewhere in the middle of the 5.x series of releases the > settings > > for registers with children started to persist independently if child > > accounts are included. > > > > While it is less convenient to close the program instead of clicking on > an > > icon in order to update the dotGCM file, it works. However, this > > discussion makes it clear that there are several types of settings that a > > user may or may not want to make persistent, which is likely the reason > > that the developers have not programmed them already. > > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> While sequencing it in certain order works to preserve the setting > which I > >> think is consequence of the sequencing, nonetheless it is not a > mechanism > >> by which settings can be saved persistently IMHO (I’m wearing my > developer > >> hat here). If they are truly settable and saved, then it should persist > >> across anyway of GNC restart. > >> > >> > >> > >> Having an account register open when closing GNC is anathema for me – I > >> like nothing but COA pop open and go from there. > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Tom Route36 <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 9:27 PM > >> To: Kalpesh Patel <[email protected]> > >> Cc: 'Liz' <[email protected]>; [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's > >> Default Style? > >> > >> > >> > >> Kalpesh, > >> > >> Actually, what I found was that the Register Style (just like Column > >> Width) DOES persist across GnuCash restarts. That part does work as > >> expected. What DOESN'T work is that only the Column Widths are being > saved > >> during the restart, and not the Register Style. > >> > >> If the Column Widths are being saved, why wouldn't that include the > >> Register Style? It seems like a program bug (or maybe a feature > request?) > >> that could be fixed just by saving the current Style setting at the same > >> time that the Column Widths are being saved. > >> > >> I'm still relatively new to GnuCash; but hasn't anyone else commented on > >> this issue before? > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 12/15/2025 6:38 PM, Kalpesh Patel wrote: > >> > >> That means there is not a way to save the Register Style and persist > across > >> GNC restarts., unlike column widths which persists across GNC restarts. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Liz <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 7:37 PM > >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Possible to Set and Save an Individual Register's > >> Default > >> Style? > >> > >> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:11:15 -0600 > >> David Carlson <mailto:[email protected]> < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Tom, you did it backwards. Leave the register open and close GnuCash. > >> Then re-open Gnucash. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If you follow Tom's exact steps you will get Tom's result. > >> > >> I did. > >> > >> > >> Liz > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] <mailto:[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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