Account Tabs on Tool Bar

[Mark Cochran]

On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 09:22 -0700, Charles Day wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > On 8/28/08, Douglas D. Victoria <doug_victoria at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > How do I remove/hide the account tabs on the tool bar?  Using the
> > left/right
> > >  scroll arrows is a cumbersome method for getting to the account I want
> > to
> > >  work with; I'd like to be able to jump to the window that shows all the
> > >  account and then select the account I want to work with.  Similarly, I'd
> > >  like to delete a report tab on the tool bar that points to an old
> > report.
> >
> > The tabs stay open until you close them -- which you can do using the
> > little X on them or Control-W (those may depend on your window
> > manager), or using the Close button on the toolbar or the Close
> > command in the File menu. The application window stays open until you
> > Quit, so you can "safely" press Control-W without worrying you'll quit
> > the application by mistake.
> >
> > I agree regarding how cumbersome the tabs are when there are too many
> > to fit the window. I just discovered that you can get a pop-up menu of
> > all the tabs by right-clicking in the tab area, and you can re-open
> > the Account tab that way.
> 
> 
> Good advice. To switch tabs without closing them, you can also use
> Ctrl+Alt+PageUp or Ctrl+Alt+PageDn. It sounds like a key combination for the
> most recently used account tab would be nice though.
> 
> -Charles
> 
On seeing Charles' response about the Ctrl+Alt+Page<Up/Down> key
combinations, I opened gnucash to try them.  On first opening, the key
combinations had no effect, until I clicked on or in a tab, as if the
focus wasn't on any tab until I consciously took action to put it there.
Having done that, the key combinations navigate as expected.

Mark