How to show full account path in register title bar?

Fred Bone Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com
Tue Sep 25 12:41:51 EDT 2012


On 25 September 2012 at 0:01, risterian said:

> I have GnuCash set for "Register opens in a new window".
> 
> The title bar of an account register window shows only the leaf
> name.  But that same leaf name might occur in a half-dozen other
> places in GnuCash, especially for equities.
> 
> In Preferences, Register Defaults, Other Defaults, the "Only
> display leaf account names" is unchecked, and I can't see any
> other Preference to change this.

This setting affects the account names displayed in the "Transfer" 
column, as you can see by turning it on. It does not appear to affect the 
names shown on the window/tab title area.

> So I end up unsure of which register window is open.
> 
> For example I have two windows open that say "Apple".  What I
> want is those same two windows open but one showing
> "Income:Investing Income:Etrade:Apple" and the other
> "Investments:Etrade:Apple".

Action->Rename page may help, though its effects don't persist across 
close/reopen.




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