Hi Adrien, Thanks for testing. After I submitted a bug, John Ralls responded and solved the mystery for me. He said that the style sheets were only saved when a change to the accounting file was saved. I tested this by creating a new custom style sheet, making a change to a register then saving the file. This worked consistently.
The new style sheet was not retained if I only opened the GnuCash file, created the style sheet then closed GnuCash. Keith > On Apr 7, 2026, at 09:00, [email protected] wrote: > > Send gnucash-user mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of gnucash-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: CSS for the app itself (Adrien Monteleone) > 2. Re: resizing columns (Adrien Monteleone) > 3. Re: Tab/space bar problem (Adrien Monteleone) > 4. Re: Custom Style Sheet Disappearing (Adrien Monteleone) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 23:55:53 -0500 > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] CSS for the app itself > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > The Wiki covers this, I'm pretty sure it is in the FAQ. There are a fair > amount of UI hooks covered there and the supplied sample file can > illuminate a bit more detail and usage. > > I'd highly recommend on reading up on the topic of running GnuCash with > the GTK Inspector. If I recall, this is not possible with the Windows > native .exe, but does work with Mac & Linux. (I've used it for both > platforms.) Doing so will allow you to test declarations in real time. > GTK+ CSS doesn't necessarily work quite like Web CSS, though there are > similarities. Also, not all UI elements can be addressed via CSS, so > there are limitations. (this is primarily due to some of them not being > properly 'exposed' to CSS via named classes, IDs, et cetera, so if you > find an element like this you could optionally file an RFE, or a PR to > expose it for styling.) > > ----- > For anyone on Windows, you might get lucky doing CSS playground stuff in > a Linux VM or via WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and then trying the > same declarations on Windows, but mileage may of course vary. (though if > you can run a VM or WSL, I'd just stick with that for a daily driver) > > Regards, > Adrien > > p.s. ?my UI is Blue & Grey, not Green & Yellow, courtesy of my CSS > customizations on MacOS. > > On 4/6/26 6:48 PM, Ed Greenberg wrote: >> I'm running gnucash on Ubunut from a flatpak. >> >> I'd like to find the CSS that controls the colors of the ledger pages. >> The green bars. >> >> Alternatively, the color of the toolbar or something else that stands out. >> >> I have several gnucash files, and I want to know with certainty which >> one I'm looking at. >> >> Any ideas? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:11:20 -0500 > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] resizing columns > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > The 'handle' you need to drag to resize the transfer column is not > normally visible. > > First, turn on View > Double Line mode, and you'll see a new handle in > the second header line just for the transfer column. The one you > normally see is really for the Reconcile status column. > > You might want to also (at least temporarily, but I use it by default) > View > Transaction Journal mode. This way, you see *all* of the > transaction at all times. (nothing hidden) > > As noted, the Description column is special. Adjust every other column > first to your liking, then drag the right-handle of the description > column WAY *left*, well beyond what you want, as if shrinking it to > nothing, and then let it go. It will snap back towards the right, to > auto-fill the visible window width to make up the difference of the > window and all the other columns you intentionally sized. You can of > course make the Description column larger by dragging to the right, but > without resizing the other columns to accommodate this wider column, > will produce a horizontal scrollbar. The special treatment of the > Description column was specifically designed to easily eliminate the > need for horizontal scrolling and making the necessary adjustments simple. > > Regards, > Adrien > > p.s. -"AI" does not give advice or answers. It is an entertainment > novelty designed to fool users into thinking it is a human or at a human > level of intelligence. It does this by assembling words into a sentence > by probability of their appearance and proximity in its 'training data'. > It is *not* designed to be correct?AT ALL. If you happen to get a > correct answer, that is a happy accident of probability also limited by > its training data. (it can't generate artifical text it doesn't have > access to) It has no cognition, understanding, or comprehension. It does > not learn. (though you can alter its training data) It cannot lie or > hulicinate because it does not know truth or sanity. There is never a > reason or utility to 'ask it a question' unless you just want to test > its ability to sound *as if it were, intelligent*. (despite that it isn't) > > On 4/6/26 12:02 AM, arthur brogard wrote: >> I just can't get the hang of resizing the ledger columns.? I want the >> transfer column bigger and i can't do it.? ?I simply cannot move the? >> boundary between it and description nor do it any other way. >> I tried to follow advice from ai and from the manual.? I'm still not getting >> it.any help? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:15:49 -0500 > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] Tab/space bar problem > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Dennis, > > Since you mentioned stop-light colors, I'll guess you are using a Mac, > but if Linux, or other OS, please advise. > > It sounds like you've got some keyboard or accessibility settings > conflicts at play. > > I don't see the same behavior using MacOS. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 4/2/26 9:44 AM, Dennis Fay via gnucash-user wrote: >> After the latest update, the Gnucash space bar expands to full screen and >> the tab cycles through the red, yellow, green and title. How can I fix this? > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:22:52 -0500 > From: Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GNC] Custom Style Sheet Disappearing > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I just tested 5.14(Intel) on Monterey, but I didn't make any changes to > the new stylesheet as a test. > > It was retained when restarting. > > I did it again, this time making and applying a change. And again, it > was retained upon restarting. > > Sorry I can't duplicate, though admittedly, I'm not on an exactly > similar setup. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 4/1/26 9:58 PM, Keith Fetterman wrote: >> I have discovered an issue with creating a new style sheet in GnuCash. I >> create the style sheet. When I quit and reload GnuCash, the new style sheet >> does not exist. This is occurring with GnuCash 5.14 on MacOS. It occurs with >> both the ARM and Intel versions of the program. Has anyone else encountered >> this issue and know what I might be doing wrong? >> >> Here are the steps I perform: >> >> 1. Open Style Sheets dialog >> 2. Select ?New?, type in a name for the style sheet, and choose the ?Fancy? >> template. >> 3. Change some settings. >> 4. Select ?Apply? then ?Close?. >> 5. Close the dialog that shows the list of style sheets. >> 6. Close/Quit the GnuCash program. >> 7. Launch the GnuCash program. >> >> The new style sheet is not in the list. >> >> Any ideas on how to resolve this would be a great help. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > ------------------------------ > > End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 277, Issue 14 > ********************************************* _______________________________________________ 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.
