Gyle, Tom is right. The key is that the default view preferences are only applied when the register is opened. If you leave a register (or report) open when you close GnuCash, that window re-opens exactly as it was, except the cursor focus lands at the end.
David Carlson On Thu, Jan 15, 2026, 3:23 PM Tom Route36 <[email protected]> wrote: > Gyle, > > I just tried duplicating what you described here; but that's not what's > happening for me. I changed a view on one of my open tabs to > Transaction Journal. and then after that I changed Register Defaults -> > Default Style to Auto-Split Ledger. And that updated Default Style > applies to everything. The only thing I had to do was to close the open > tab and then reopen it. When that tab reopened the View was set to > Auto-Split Ledger. Are you closing and then reopening the tab that you > previously set to Transaction Journal? > > Tom > > > On 1/15/2026 1:46 PM, Gyle McCollam wrote: > > I've previously changed the view on my open tabs to "Transaction > Journal", then later I decided to change my preferences to "Register > Defaults/Default Style/Auto-split Ledger". However, tabs that have been > changed, such as those I changed to "Transaction Journal", do not change. > I have manually changed them to "Auto-split Ledger", but if I decided to go > back to "Basic Ledger", I would have to change these manually again. Is > there a way to tell Gnucash that I want all tabs to go to the default > view? It would be great if on the individual tab view there was also an > option for the "Default" in addition to the "Basic Ledger", "Auto-split > Ledger", and "Transaction Journal". > > > > > > Thank You, > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > Gyle McCollam > > > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> email > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
